Word: bumming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Santa Barbara, Calif., G. F. Jackson asked a shopkeeper: "Do you want to cash a bum check?" The shopkeeper cashed it, discovered it was worthless. Arraigned in court, G. F. Jackson pleaded guilty, told the judge what he had said. The judge admitted that G. F. Jackson could not be held for violation of law if he could prove by witnesses that he had warned the shopkeeper...
Because he once saw a bum beaten up by a cop Jimmie had joined the I. W. W.; but his enthusiasm waned, he had never been active. Then the War started, wages boomed, the Wobblies started strikes in every mill they could. But it was an unpopular time to strike; soon the Wobblies were made to realize it. Bodies were found of men who had "committed suicide;" homes were wrecked, men beaten up by night-riders. Jimmie did not advertise his I. W. W. membership but it was known. By luck he escaped, but his spirit was broken; when...
...time so I am told He ran away with Grandpa Cole, He smashed the buggy on the pole, But that was long ago. Now the tired old horse is happy in his way, For he dreams he still can hear his master say, "Turn tid-di-ly um bum, Giddap!" Composer Woodin has six grandchildren for whom he has built a playroom on the top floor of his Manhattan penthouse. He tries out his children's songs on them, finds them frank critics. Concerning his grown-up music and its performance, Composer Woodin is modest, hopes people will...
...whom you intended to refer bears the name O. M. Bodenhamer . . . and to have stated that he was given the "bum's rush" was probably using a term far below the dignity attached to one who only recently headed that magnificent group of Americans, the American Legion. I think you owe him apology, and should correct his name. No "Bodenheimer" was ever given the "bum's rush" and, most likely, "Bodenhamer" should not have been so accused...
...late-working writer, reprimand for reproducing a telegraph misspelling. But a "bum's rush" was precisely what Ossee Lee Bodenhamer, outgoing Legion chief, was unintentionally given in Boston by police zealously, blindly guarding the person of President Hoover at Statler Hotel...