Bumf - with an example.
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bumf /bʌmf/ Pronunciation [buhmf]
–noun British. 1. Slang. toilet paper.
2. memoranda, official notices, or the like.
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Origin:
1885–90; short for bumfodder. See bum 2 , fodder1
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‘QM.G.9.
‘Would you be good enough to obtain a pair of dividers for the use of C.I.G.S.? J. F. C. Fuller,
Colonel G.S., M.A. to C.I.G.S.’
10th March, 1926.
2
‘X Compass, drawing, shifting leg, double jointed, II. QM.G.F. (b).
‘We propose to convey approval to the permanent issue of a Compass as at X above. Have you any remarks from a financial point of view?
QM.G.9 (a). J. Gardner'
For D.A.D.E.O.S.'
11th March, 1926.
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‘QM.G.9 (a).
‘No financial objection. Will you let us have this B.M. again when the Compass has been issued?
QM.G.F. (b).
G. Lillywhite.’
15th March, 1926.
4
‘A.D.O.S.P.
‘Will you please arrange issue of a Compass, drawing, shifting leg, double-jointed II. to— M.A. to C.I.G.S. Room 217, War Office? Issue will be permanent.
QM.G.9 (a).
J. Gardner,
For D.A.D.E.O.S.'
16th March, 1926.
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‘QM.G.9 (a).
‘Issue has been arranged.
‘I.O.P.4.D/4186 dt. 18.3.26.
H.E.
For A.D.O.S Provision'
18th March, 1926.
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M.A. to C.I.G.S.
‘Please let me know when the compass is received.
QM.G.9. (a).
J. Gardner,
For D.A.D.E.O.S.’
19th March, 1926.
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‘QM.G.9 (a).
‘Compass received, thank you.
J. F. C. Fuller,
Colonel G.S., M.A. to C.I.G.S.’
24th March, 1926.
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