bum bag
noun
\ˈbəm-ˌbag\
variants: less commonly
bumbag
\ˈbəm-ˌbag\Definition of bum bag
bum bags
alsobumbags
British
: fanny pack Modern Middle England … is a place where … respectable old-age pensioners wear baseball caps and bum bags to go shopping, where trams are coming back and high-rise housing is going out. — Rosemary Hill, The Times Literary Supplement, 5 Nov. 1999
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1951
First Known Use of bum bag
1951
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