Meaning of bumster | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A pair of very low-cut trousers which reveal part of the buttocks.
   attributive
2. In The Gambia, a young man who solicits money or favours from tourists, sometimes in exchange for sex.

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“Believe us when we say, the one thing that is most likely to spoil your holiday in The Gambia is constantly getting hassled by bumsters.”

“In The Gambia, [...] hundreds of young, middle-aged, and elderly female tourists [...] flood the beaches and resorts of Senegambia, Fajara, Kotu, and Kololi each year in search of sexual liaisons with local young men known as bumsters.”

“there is concern in this traditional Muslim society about some of its social manifestations such as sex tourism and beach hustling by bumsters.”

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