bummery

== English == === Etymology 1 === From bum +‎ -ery and the idea that they were a collective of bums? ==== Noun ==== bummery (uncountable) (originally derogatory, historical) The faction of the Industrial Workers of the World in the 20th century which favored direct action. === Etymology 2 === Variant form. ==== Noun ==== bummery Obsolete form of bottomry. R. North There was a scrivener of Wapping brought to hearing for relief against a bummery bond. === References === “bummery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.