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bumfreezer

noun

Etymology

From bum + freezer.

  1. derived from *prews-✻ — “to freeze; frost”
  2. inherited from *freusaną✻ — “to freeze”
  3. inherited from *freusan✻
  4. inherited from frēosan — “to freeze”
  5. inherited from fresen
  6. formed as freezer — “freeze + -er”
  7. compounded as bumfreezer — “bum + freezer”

Definitions

  1. An Eton jacket or other similar short jacket.

    • 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.
    • Smaller boys wore short Eton jackets, known as bumfreezers

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA