English Explanatory Dictionary

bum factory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An establishment that sells alcoholic drinks, such as a saloon or liquor store.
  2. A cheap place for lodging, such as a hostel or a charitable mission house; flophouse.

Word forms

bum factory bum factories

Etymology

From bum (“tramp, vagrant”) + factory, the idea being that the existence of such establishments supposedly encourages people to become vagrants.

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