Meaning of bumsicle | Babel Free

Definitions

A homeless person afflicted with hypothermia as a result of living outdoors in winter.

informal

Examples

“The 'bumsicle', as the jaded hospital doctors called him, had been frozen to the sidewalk and it took him and his partner a real solid effort to pry him off.”

“[…] “Apart from this guy, you been busy?” She shook her head. “Not the past two days. Not even a bumsicle.” She glanced at the steely sky. “That'll change. Snow tonight.””

“A bad decision, maybe, but as a resident he'd seen it all too often—“bumsicles” found unconscious on busy sidewalks, rushed to the operating room and placed on cardiopulmonary bypass so their blood could be warmed.”

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