See Bambule in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1996, Erich Loest, Durch die Erde ein Riss, München: DTV, →ISBN, page 392:",
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"translation": "Not a single voluntary overtime hour. Fulfill the norm with razor sharpness, not a percentage higher. And bambule at every trifle! The Halle residents brought in the word bambule, it meant ruckus, stushie and had changed from an underworld word to an everyday word. Bambule!",
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