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bum(1) (iou)



bum noun1. LME.
[Origin unkn.]
(The region of) the buttocks. LME.
tits and bums: see TIT noun1.
A lazy or worthless person. Now identified with BUM noun2. M16.
Hist. In full bum-bailiff. [So called as approaching from behind.] A bailiff employed in arrests. E17.
Comb.: bumbag a small bag or pouch worn on a belt around the waist; bum-bailiff: see sense 3 above; bumbaste verb trans. (obsolete exc. dial.) beat on the buttocks, flog; bum-boat (a) a scavenger's boat removing refuse and filth from ships moored in the River Thames (and also bearing provisions); (b) a boat bearing fresh provisions etc. to ships; bumboy slang a young male homosexual, esp. a prostitute; a catamite; bum-fluff slang the sparse, downy hair of an adolescent boy's beard and moustache; bum-fodder slang = BUMF; bum-freezer, bum-perisher, bum-shaver slang a short jacket, coat, etc.; bum-suck verb intrans. (slang) toady, suck up; bum-sucker (slang) a sycophant.