"bumsicle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bumsicles [plural]
Etymology: bum (“homeless person”) + -sicle Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bum|sicle|t1=homeless person}} bum (“homeless person”) + -sicle Head templates: {{en-noun}} bumsicle (plural bumsicles)
  1. (informal) A homeless person afflicted with hypothermia as a result of living outdoors in winter. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-bumsicle-en-noun-418C9e4V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -sicle

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2008, Simon R. Green, “Lucy, at Christmastime”, in Charlaine Harris, Toni L. P. Kelner, editors, Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, Ace Books",
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