bumfreezer
English
Etymology
bum + freezer
Noun
bumfreezer (plural bumfreezers)
- (slang) an Eton jacket or other similar short jacket.
- 2012, Anne de Courcy, Snowdon: The Biography
- Smaller boys wore short Eton jackets, known as bumfreezers
- 1965, Peter Black, The Poms in the Sun
- 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.
- 2012, Anne de Courcy, Snowdon: The Biography
Synonyms
- bumfreezer jacket