bamsie n.
(W.I.) the buttocks, the posterior.
et al. Folk Songs of Barbados 98/1: The young lady walks making her ‘bamsee’ — hips — wriggle from side to side. | ||
Grandmother’s Erotic Folktales 37: Layers of white frills rippling down she long neck, down over she ripe tot-tots, and down around she smooth, shapely bamsee. [Ibid.] 78: But the hips could still wind a little bit, and the bamsee could still shake. | ||
Voices from a Silk-cotton Tree 57: Dresses slipped off her shoulders, often got caught in the fat-folds of her waist, her bamsie-crease. | ||
Carnival 155: Jennifer was back-backing her half-exposed bamsee against my crotch. |
In compounds
(W.I.) a persistent nuisance.
cited in Dict. Carib. Eng. Usage (1996). |
(W.I.) an effeminate man.
Dict. Carib. Eng. Usage. |