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A bum is a person who is lazy and does not work by choice. (noun)

An example of bum is a person who lays around drinking all day and doing nothing productive.

Bum is slang for borrowing without planning to return. (verb)

An example of bum is to take $5 from a friend and never give it back.

Bum means of poor quality, ailing, or false or invalid. (adjective)

An example of bum is a broken limb.

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