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stumblebum

[stuhm-buhl-buhm] / ˈstʌm bəlˌbʌm /


NOUN
palooka
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Rocky Balboa is a stumblebum club fighter making $65 a fight and working on the side as collection man for small-time mobsters.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Her fatal flaw was that she stumbled at the wrong time and the adorable stumblebum failed with slightly more flair.

From Salon Nov. 27, 2020

His Jimmy Olsen was eager and full of good intentions and gee-whillickers naivete but also a bit of a stumblebum who provided the show's comic relief.

From Reuters Sep. 21, 2015

There was a photo of him, his eyes in the half-closed style of a stumblebum, stumbling away from a police officer.

From New York Times Sep. 15, 2015

Are you actively trying to repel your heterosexual female fan base with these stumblebum shenanigans?

From Time May 15, 2012




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