bumster
n.— «None of the 100,000 tourists who sun themselves on Gambia’s glorious beaches each year can avoid the advances of the West African country’s notorious “bumsters.” This is a local term given to young unemployed men who hang around hotels and beaches hoping to earn some money from holidaymakers.» —“Gambian bumsters clean up their act” by Lucy Fleming BBC News Oct. 12, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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