Bum and Rat

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Bum noun - A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.

Usage example: throw the bum out

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Rat is a synonym for bum. In some cases you can use "Rat" instead a noun "Bum".

Nearby Words: bumpy, bumping

Rat noun - A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible.

Usage example: kill the rat

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Bum is a synonym for rat in beast topic. Sometimes you can use "Bum" instead a noun "Rat". informal substitute

live	live bum	live rat
old	old bum	old rat
good	good bum	good rat
dead	dead bum	dead rat
Other adjectives: dirty, large, ugly, black, former, random, blind, literal, psychotic, homeless, thieving.

In the movie Freejack, Emilio Estevez's character gets a valuable pep talk from a homeless bum, who also gives him some valuable calories in the form of sharing his dinner of barbecued river rat.

Source: Wisdom from the Gutter
Lest we forget that he was Gary the Rat, and appeared in both of Don Bluth's Anastasia adaptations.A self-admitted "former Beach Bum from Florida".

Source: Creator / Kelsey Grammer

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