bumster

bumster
noun /ˈbʌmstə/
a) A pair of very low-cut trousers which reveal part of the buttocks.

Today the sight of muffin tops over jeans or a sneaky flash of bottom cleavage might not seem too shocking [...], but when McQueen first sent out his models in bumsters, it was a radical departure and attracted many column inches of comment and debate.

b) In The Gambia, a young man who solicits money or favours from tourists, sometimes in exchange for sex.

And he would have relished the juxtaposition of the wedding dress with the infamous bumster trousers that are, as of this week, on show in the Metropolitan Museum.


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