frontbum
n.— «Cat-abandoner John Tamihere is standing at Waitakere City—I wonder if he’ll have any luck getting the frontbums, as he likes to call women, to vote for him.» —“Roll on up for council oddballs” by Linley Boniface Stuff.co.nz (New Zealand) Sept. 3, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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