drunken bum

Frequency: 6.58.0 per million words

A derogatory term for a person who is habitually drunk and considered useless. Especially common in American English.

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Examples (20)

  • He was nothing more than a drunken bum who slept on park benches.
  • A character in the story was described as just another drunken bum on the street.
  • "Get out of my shop, you drunken bum!" the owner shouted.
  • "Get out of my shop! I don't have time for a drunken bum like you," the owner shouted.
  • She was ashamed to admit her father had become a drunken bum.
  • He warned his son that if he kept drinking like that, he would end up as a drunken bum.
  • After losing his job, he descended into being a drunken bum.
  • The police officer saw the drunken bum sleeping on the park bench and decided to let him be.
  • If you don't change your ways, you'll end up as a drunken bum on the streets.
  • He worked hard to change his life, determined not to be remembered as a drunken bum.
  • The story's protagonist was a once-great writer, now just a drunken bum.
  • After losing the game, he felt like a complete drunken bum, wandering aimlessly.
  • The town square was often occupied by a few drunken bums asking for money.
  • The editorial dismissed the man's complaints, unfairly labeling him a drunken bum without knowing his story.
  • In his youth, he had been a drunken bum, but he had since turned his life around.
  • Why do people automatically assume he's a drunken bum just because he's homeless?
  • He called his brother a drunken bum during their heated argument.
  • In his lowest moments, he feared he was becoming nothing more than a drunken bum.
  • No one in the neighborhood wanted to associate with the man they considered a drunken bum.
  • Despite his shabby appearance, he was far from the drunken bum that passersby mistook him for; he was actually a brilliant but troubled artist.