stumblebum
nounEtymology From stumble + bum.
1
A blundering or awkward person.
2
An inept prizefighter.
3
Slang A homeless person.
- A bum came shambling past us.... "Fucking stumblebums," Corsetti said.... "Is 'stumblebum' the acceptable term for our indigent brothers and sisters?" "Sometimes I like 'vagrants,'" Corsetti said. "Depends on how much style they got."2006, Robert B. Parker, Hundred-Dollar Baby, Putnam, →ISBN, page 92:
- Synonyms
- ham-and-egger, palooka, tomato can