† blaitie bumn.
Scottish. derogatory. Obsolete.
A lazy or feckless person; an idler. Cf. batie bum n., baty bummill n., bummill baty n.Quot. 1827 is from a mock epic poem set during the Scottish Reformation of the 16th cent., written in the style of Sir David Lindsay (the author of quot. 1602).
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer
lurdanc1330
player1340
moochera1425
loon?c1450
lounger?a1513
idler1534
rest man1542
holiday-woman1548
baty bummill1568
bummill baty1568
friar-fly?1577
idol1579
lingerer1579
loll1582
idleby1589
shit-rags1598
blaitie bum1602
idle1635
Lollard1635
loiterer1684
saunterer1688
scobberlotchera1697
bumble1786
quisby1789
waffler1805
shoat1808
loafer1830
bummer1855
dead beat1863
bum1864
scowbanker1864
schnorrer1875
scowbank1881
ikey1906
layabout1932
lie-about1937
spine-basher1946
limer1964
1602 ( D. Lindsay Satyre (Charteris) sig. N2 Quhair Devil gat we this ill fairde blaitie bum?
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd v. 171 Twa blaitie-bums in iron sark, Withstandin' a' our feir.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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