"She struggled along, scanning with her good hand, running the keypad with her bum wing." This sentence describes what a cashier at a supermaket is doing. I don't understand the meaning of "bum wing", though. Can anyone help me on this one?
2007-03-06 06:22:06 · 4 answers · asked by tony moura 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
her bad arm.
Did she have a problem with one arm? "Bum" is a slang word for lame, or paralyzed. "Wing" is a slang word for arm.
However, you can't run a keypad with your arm. Bum finger, bum hand, maybe??
2007-03-06 06:24:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A bum is essentially a loser or beggar who doesn't work, so it has also come to mean a part of the body that doesn't work. Wing, well people refer to arms as wings, just like they occasionally call a nose a beak. Put together: a non-working or bad arm.
2007-03-06 06:28:47 · answer #2 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it's a slang term for a bad or injured arm. A bad or injured leg is sometimes referred to as a bum wheel.
2007-03-06 06:27:30 · answer #3 · answered by phillygoodguy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-23 20:27:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋