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
It crinkled the hair and put the complexion on the bum.
From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)
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