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bummer.

to bum (ask for something for free)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/bɔ.me/
  1. to bum (ask for something for free)

    North-America · slang · transitive
    Je peux-tu te bummer une cig ?
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English bum (“to ask for something for free”), from bum (“homeless person”), a back-formation from (now dated) bummer (“idle person”), from German Bummler (“loafer”), from bummeln (“to loaf”).

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