bumfreezer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From bum + freezer.
Meanings
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(slang) An Eton jacket or other similar short jacket.
Smaller boys wore short Eton jackets, known as bumfreezers
2012, Anne de Courcy, Snowdon: The Biography:Seated at table, eating delicious food brought by European migrant waiters in red bumfreezers, I felt that we were all making a very game pretence of reconstructing Europe.
1965, Peter Black, The Poms in the Sun:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bumfreezers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |