Meanings
alternative barebum
- broadlynot comparableStark naked.
Having never experienced communal bare-bum soaking European style, I was sure I'd wandered into the men's room.
1992 April, Martie Sterling, “My Last, Last Run”, in Ski2 more examples
Of course I do, Gran! Julian is always walking around bare-bum. I know all about boys and girls. And love and babies and all.
1992, Louise Leblanc, Maddie in Goal (trans. Sarah Cummins), Formac (1992; original French book published 1991), page 12We discovered trout and bears and foxes. And bees^([sic]) nests! Not to mention how to swim bare-bum down rocky falls.
2009, John B. Duffield, A Cry for Help, →ISBN, page 21
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans kaalgat
- kaalgatwith the bum exposed
French cul-nu, nu-le-cul
- cul-nuwith the bum exposed
- nu-le-culwith the bum exposed
Polish z gołym tyłkiem
- z gołym tyłkiemwith the bum exposed
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