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Definition of bummer noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bummer

noun
 
/ˈbʌmə(r)/
 
/ˈbʌmər/
a bummer
[singular] (informal)
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  1. a disappointing or unpleasant situation
    • It's a real bummer that she can't come.
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: perhaps from German Bummler, from bummeln ‘stroll, loaf about’.
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