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Est. 1828
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'bum'
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Words to Describe bum

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Things bum often describes ("bum ________")

  • bees
  • clock
  • luck
  • method
  • bailiffs
  • job
  • fields
  • beef
  • engines
  • practices
  • show
  • card
  • shock
  • image
  • farming
  • freezers
  • bailey
  • barrel
  • everything
  • agriculture
  • deal
  • farmers
  • rap
  • steer
  • care
  • cleaver
  • out
  • technique
  • monastery
  • management
  • routing
  • type
  • fodder
  • cultivation
  • murdoch
  • boy
  • period
  • bee
  • freezer
  • boat
  • tools
  • bailiff
  • trip
  • stuff
  • boats
  • wiggler
  • injury
  • leg
  • pus
  • off
  • drum

How bum often is described ("________ bum")

  • drunk
  • regular
  • homeless
  • damn
  • stupid
  • naked
  • alcoholic
  • big
  • dead
  • biggest
  • looking
  • worst
  • white
  • bare
  • fat
  • superficial
  • lazy
  • old
  • worthless
  • thickness
  • tight
  • young
  • frohlich
  • cute
  • real
  • degree
  • slow
  • miserable
  • unshaven
  • shiftless
  • ragged
  • ordinary
  • little
  • down
  • yellow
  • professional
  • filthy
  • lucky
  • nice
  • stew
  • jong
  • useless
  • bigger
  • pretty
  • sore
  • penniless
  • unemployed
  • electrical
  • irish
  • crazy
  • poolroom
  • dirty
  • round
  • female
  • drunken
  • typical
  • cheap
  • haired
  • good
  • rich
  • poor
  • rotten
  • severe
  • thermal
  • and
  • plain
  • extensive
  • lovely
  • lousy

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  • bucko
  • mutt
  • sissy
  • mechanized
  • talk
  • backside
  • ciggie
  • ouch
  • wino
  • tush
  • lardy
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