subs. phr. (old).—1.  Low class literature; a BLOOD-AND-THUNDER (q.v.) stuff; a halfpenny RAG (q.v.): once in literary use.

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  1753.  Scots’ Magazine, April, 208, 1. BUM-FODDER for the Ladies [Title].

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  2.  (low).—Sanitary paper: see BUMF.

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  1653.  URQUHART, Rabelais, I. xiii. Torche-culs, arsewisps, BUM FODDERS.

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  c. 1696.  B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. BUMFODDER, what serves to wipe the Tail.

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  1785.  GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. BUM FODDER, soft paper for the necessary house or torchecul.

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