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What does bummer mean?

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Noun
  1. (obsolete) A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.
  2. (US, slang, dated) An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.
  3. A lamb (typically the smallest of a multiple birth) which has been abandoned by its mother or orphaned, and as a consequence is raised in part or in whole by humans.
Noun
  1. (chiefly slang) A disappointment, a pity, a shame.
Interjection
  1. Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).
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