Meaning of bumfight | Babel Free

Definitions

A fight between homeless or underprivileged people, sometimes filmed as entertainment.

informal

Examples

“Bumfights are "exploiting people that are in dire situations," Lisa Davis, a spokesperson for the National Coalition for the Homeless in Washington, D.C., told a reporter angrily. "It's completely harmful and it's abusive."”

“Does he make him compete in a bumfight with the tramp who sits outside Londis? No. Not on St Stephen's Day.”

“His clothes were stained with blood, torn, and rumpled. He looked like the loser of a bum-fight. Not to mention the police were probably looking for him by now.”

“These confrontations – 'bumfights' – are filmed and shown on the Internet. Street fighting even enjoys a popularity which is difficult to measure but which nowadays boasts its own sites on the web.”

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