/ ˈbʌmə(r); NAmE / noun
a bummer [ sing. ] ( informal ) a disappointing or unpleasant situation :
It's a real bummer that she can't come.
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: perhaps from German Bummler , from bummeln stroll, loaf about.
/ ˈbʌmə(r); NAmE / noun
a bummer [ sing. ] ( informal ) a disappointing or unpleasant situation :
It's a real bummer that she can't come.
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: perhaps from German Bummler , from bummeln stroll, loaf about.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005