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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

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 cracks
  2. bum deal
  3. bum deals
  4. bum factories
  5. bum factory
  6. bum fluff
  7. bum fodder
  8. bum fuck nowhere
  9. bum gun
  10. bum guns
  11. bum head

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