bum-freezern.
/ˈbʌmˌfriːzə/, U.S. /ˈbəmˌfrizər/ slang (originally and chiefly British).
A short jacket, coat, etc.; (often) spec. an Eton jacket. Cf. bum-perisher n., bum-shaver n., bum-starver n. at bum n.1 and int.2 Compounds 2.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > short
roundabout1812
spencer1831
Eton jacket1850
Eton1885
bum-perisher1889
bum-shaver1889
perisher1889
bolero1892
bum-freezer1929
bum-starver1930
bum-freezer jacket1943
blouson1958
monkey jacket1968
Harrington1982
1929 Motion Picture News 25 May 1762/1 A short red jacket with gold braid and brass buttons (popularly known as a bum-freezer).
1955 H. Spring These Lovers fled Away 73 A nice little Eton suit—what Greg inevitably called my bum-freezer.
1977 J. Morrow Confessions of Proinsias O'Toole 120 He was back to the hippy garb again—long black wig, leather bum-freezer and mauve slacks.
2006 C. Higson Blood Fever iii. 38 Pritpal, who was only just over five foot, still wore his bum-freezer.
Compounds
bum-freezer jacket n. = main sense.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > short
roundabout1812
spencer1831
Eton jacket1850
Eton1885
bum-perisher1889
bum-shaver1889
perisher1889
bolero1892
bum-freezer1929
bum-starver1930
bum-freezer jacket1943
blouson1958
monkey jacket1968
Harrington1982
1943 G. Greene Ministry of Fear i. vi. 98 The tight little blue trousers and the bum-freezer jacket.
1999 S. Maconie Blur i. 7 Crucial to 2-Tone's appeal was its style: suits, bum-freezer jackets and pork-pie hats.
2014 Spectator (Nexis) 11 Jan. 20 The sleeping car attendant, as neat as a pin in his starched white bum-freezer jacket, was standing by.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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