or Belly-buster. TO TAKE A BELLY-BUSTER, phr. (American).—1. To ride down hill in a sled lying on one’s stomach: an amusement of young America. The idea of toboganning was derived from this pastime. Also BELLY-BUMBO, BELLY-GUTS or GUTTER, BELLY-FLOUNDERS, BELLY-FLUMPS, and BELLY-PLUMPER.
1888. Chicago Daily Inter Ocean. Barney has a sled, on which he hauls the fish in snowy weather. Barney had his sled out yesterday, BELLY-BUMPING on a little patch of ice and snow.
2. See BELLY-BUMP.
