lumpy jumper

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English

Etymology

Alluding to the shape of a woman's breasts visible through clothing.

Noun

lumpy jumper (plural lumpy jumpers)

  1. (military slang) A woman; a female member of the military.
    • Pete MC Hough, Stabs: Raw Recruits (page 45)
      One of the cooks was a lumpy jumper (female soldier) who looked at home, her male colleague standing by her side seemed to be the more industrious
    • 2018, Justine Saracen, Berlin Hungers:
      "Don't take it personally, Gillian, dear, but for me, WAAFs are a bit, well, stodgy. You know the men call them 'lumpy jumpers,' don't you? The German women, well...All their men are gone, so they're hungry for male attention. This one works in the canteen and has a nicer figure than the bony ones you see in Berlin."
    • 2021, Robert Webber, Teddy's War, page 59:
      'Good grief,' a man's voice brayed as Teddy pushed open the door, 'a lumpy-jumper!' [] Teddy dumped her flying kit on a nearby chair and introduced herself.