Cherrybum

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the 11th Hussars, a cavalry regiment of the British Army established in 1715. historical, slang

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cherry picker

Etymology

cherry + bum, an allusion to the crimson trousers they wore, and perhaps a play on cherubim.

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