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单词 stumblebums
释义

stumblebum

noun

stum·​ble·​bum ˈstəm-bəl-ˌbəm How to pronounce stumblebum (audio)
: a clumsy or inept person
especially : an inept boxer

Example Sentences

His political opponents have portrayed him as an inept stumblebum.
Recent Examples on the Web As opposed to palookas and has-beens and tin cans and stumblebums, a player who got waived departed with his dignity intact. Joe Queenan, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2018 The physicians lining up with Teirstein are not a bunch of stumblebums afraid of a few tests. Kurt Eichenwald, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2015 From the mid-1960s through the early ’70s, my prime rooting years, the Yankees were a team of stumblebums not even redeemed by charm. James Traub, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2017 Gerald Ford, for all his stumblebum image, was a Yale Law School graduate and veteran of legislative details. James Fallows, The Atlantic, 20 July 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

stumblebums

noun

plural of stumblebum
1
as in palookas

Synonyms & Similar Words

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2
as in fumblers

Synonyms & Similar Words

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