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on the bum





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She later confessed that the stress of stardom caused her to develop a "boil on the bum" that had to be lanced hours before performing live on Dutch TV.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2022

This is madness, and it will bite them on the bum in the end.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2013

You always get bitten on the bum when you get fancy.

From BBC ● May 30, 2012

When misused – look at Facebook – it can make one long for the days when bad grammar was punished with a metre rule on the bum rather than an "unlike".

From The Guardian ● Jan. 15, 2011

That Jurgis was an old customer entitled him to a somewhat longer stop; but then he had been away two weeks, and was evidently "on the bum."

From The Jungle by Upton Sinclair


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