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单词 stewbum
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Definition of stewbum in English:

stewbum

nounˈstjuːbʌmˈst(j)uˌbəm
US informal
  • An alcoholic, especially one who is homeless.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Those who covered the waterfront - sailors, stevedores, and stewbums - were chiefly counted among the clientele.
    • He was tenacious, like a stewbum with a bottle of wine and no corkscrew.
    • Elaborately coifed transvestites in spike heels wobble lumpily along the side streets, brushing shoulders with stewbums in cowboy boots and pale-faced hoods with patent-leather hair.
    • I remembered that there were a lot of these abandoned blocks of flats, taken over by stewbums, heroin addicts, homeless, and juvenile delinquents.
    • He crosses the boulevard but lingers in the alley, notices the shining tower but dwells on the seething slum, nods to the self-made billionaire but nestles all the long icy night with the gin-soaked stewbum.
    • How has he not been reduced to bludgeoning stewbums at railroad yards to release the tensions?
    • Bukowski's world of stewbums and lushes was brought brilliantly to the screen in Barfly, a quirky, liquored love story, scripted by the master himself.
    • I would rather have a schizophrenic stewbum who lives in a refrigerator box make policy at this point than who we have right now.
    • Set in 1912 New York, The Iceman Cometh spotlights the failed lives, empty hopes, and perpetual pipedreams of the stewbums, anarchists, and hookers of Harry Hope's seedy saloon.
    • You're a natural born leader who's looked up to by the other stewbums.
    • We were performing one afternoon when a disheveled stewbum cowboy wobbled by the stage.
    • Who I'd like to meet: tattooed people, artists, and stewbums.
    • I get so tired of getting accosted by stewbums when I'm eating lunch downtown.
    • It reminded me of the desultory days when I used to sit in Harvard Square and talk with every homeless stewbum and mental outpatient that I could corner for a cup of coffee.
    • I've been thinking about expanding my targets to include derelicts, stewbums, winos, drifters, transients and ne'er-do-wells.
    • Lake Michigan rose and fell like a bird and when the wind screamed up Ashland Avenue the corner bars were full by noon and the old stewbums sliding down their stools ate boiled eggs and fed beer to the dogs.
    • Substance abusers lie about everything, and usually do an awesome job of it.… Yeah, stewbums and stoners lie about the big stuff, like how much and how often, but they also lie about the small things.
 
 

Definition of stewbum in US English:

stewbum

nounˈst(j)uˌbəmˈst(y)o͞oˌbəm
US informal
  • An alcoholic, especially one who has become vagrant.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Who I'd like to meet: tattooed people, artists, and stewbums.
    • Elaborately coifed transvestites in spike heels wobble lumpily along the side streets, brushing shoulders with stewbums in cowboy boots and pale-faced hoods with patent-leather hair.
    • Bukowski's world of stewbums and lushes was brought brilliantly to the screen in Barfly, a quirky, liquored love story, scripted by the master himself.
    • Lake Michigan rose and fell like a bird and when the wind screamed up Ashland Avenue the corner bars were full by noon and the old stewbums sliding down their stools ate boiled eggs and fed beer to the dogs.
    • Those who covered the waterfront - sailors, stevedores, and stewbums - were chiefly counted among the clientele.
    • You're a natural born leader who's looked up to by the other stewbums.
    • We were performing one afternoon when a disheveled stewbum cowboy wobbled by the stage.
    • Substance abusers lie about everything, and usually do an awesome job of it.… Yeah, stewbums and stoners lie about the big stuff, like how much and how often, but they also lie about the small things.
    • It reminded me of the desultory days when I used to sit in Harvard Square and talk with every homeless stewbum and mental outpatient that I could corner for a cup of coffee.
    • He crosses the boulevard but lingers in the alley, notices the shining tower but dwells on the seething slum, nods to the self-made billionaire but nestles all the long icy night with the gin-soaked stewbum.
    • I get so tired of getting accosted by stewbums when I'm eating lunch downtown.
    • I remembered that there were a lot of these abandoned blocks of flats, taken over by stewbums, heroin addicts, homeless, and juvenile delinquents.
    • I've been thinking about expanding my targets to include derelicts, stewbums, winos, drifters, transients and ne'er-do-wells.
    • I would rather have a schizophrenic stewbum who lives in a refrigerator box make policy at this point than who we have right now.
    • How has he not been reduced to bludgeoning stewbums at railroad yards to release the tensions?
    • Set in 1912 New York, The Iceman Cometh spotlights the failed lives, empty hopes, and perpetual pipedreams of the stewbums, anarchists, and hookers of Harry Hope's seedy saloon.
    • He was tenacious, like a stewbum with a bottle of wine and no corkscrew.
 
 
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