10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLUM BUM»
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glum bum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Student and Family Miscellany
... to fill your cells, You needn't be so glum, " Bum, bum, bum !" WHY DO YOU GO
TO SCHOOL? TIT'HY do children go to school ? Is it to henefit their " parents,
their teacher, or themselves? I sometimes think that children make a mistake in
this ...
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Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
(also glum-bum) [late 19C+] a miserable, sulky person. [SUglum + -POT sfx]
glnmpy adj. [late 18C-19C] unhappy. [SEglum] glums n. see GLOOMS n. glum h v
. [1910s+] (Ulster) to grumble, to complain. [Scot, glunch, to grumble, to frown]
glut n.
“It will wearoff” said Ruth, whom Fay called Old Glum Bum. Paula wasa surprise
onlytoRoger, the other three men having met her before. It went without saying
that they enjoyed having her around but, with or without Paula, there was an air
of ...
4
Watch out, Buster, you're being watched
The movie, still untitled, will run with two other short films by avant-garde deans
Harold Pinter (The Caretaker) and Eugene Ionesco (Rhinoceros). Buster is
playing a glum bum who hates to be watched. He shuns people's eyes, bird eyes,
fish ...
Did she want my help or not? “Let's take the next caller,” Kendra said, her face
strained. “Hi there—what's your name?” “Rennie.” Oh my God! It was Rennie
Houpt—I'd recognize her glum-bum voice anywhere! This was fantastic! I'd hoped
my ...
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The Lingo Dictionary: Of Favourite Australian Words and Phrases
... give lip To be cheeky. give the game away To abandon what you are doing.
gladdies Abbreviation of gladioli. glad rags Good clothes or 'Sunday best'.
glamour A good-looking woman. glass can A beer stubbie. glum bum A pessimist
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7
When You Wish Upon a Rat
“So I get sick and I die,” she mumbled. “Sweet.” “Don't be such a glum bum.” Her
mother sighed again. “I was joking.” “No you weren't.” “Yes I was.” Marcus was
lying on the floor in.
8
Careful what You Wish for
Maureen McCarthy. 'The statistics are everywhere,' her mother declared with an
airy laugh. Rut gave her mother a hard look. Was she serious? 'So I get sick and I
die,' she mumbled. 'Sweet.' 'Don't be such a glum bum,' her mother sighed.
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Composition and grammar 10 : steps in the writing process
A number of hink-pinks are familiar phrases — rough stuff, boob tube, late date.
But the object of the game is to think up new hink-pinks. Here's how the game
works: You think up a rhyming phrase, for example, glum bum. Then you write a ...
10
Journal of English Studies and Comparative Literature
Afro pessimism angel gear appointment tv aspendicitis autocutie beer goggles
chew'n'spew emotional correctness feral glum bum leisure sickness rat tamer sit
silver surfer stained glass ceiling yummy mummy (the feeling that aid is futile) ...
