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bum-fluff

bum-fluff is the alternative form of bumfluff.

Meaning of bumfluff

Noun

bumfluff (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, derogatory) The first, sparse beard growth of an adolescent.
    • He still had bumfluff on his cheeks, he was that young. About once a month he used to shave it off, and come skiting about it. I smiled at the memory of him all lathered up, grinning at me through the mirror as he went to work on the bumfluff.1983, John Carroll, Token Soldiers, Boronia, Vic.: Wildgrass Books, →ISBN, page 247

Words formed from bum-fluff

Questions about bum-fluff

What is bum-fluff the alternative form of?
Bum-fluff is the alternative form of bumfluff.

Words near bum-fluff in the dictionary

  1. bum-breathing
  2. bum-bum
  3. bum-bums
  4. bum-clock
  5. bum-clocks
  6. bum-fluff
  7. bum-fluffed
  8. bum-fuck nowhere
  9. bum-rush
  10. bum-rushed
  11. bum-rushes

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