subs. (venery).—Copulation: see GREENS and RIDE. Hence BUM-FIGHTER = a whoremaster.
1719. D’URFEY, Wit and Mirth; or Pills to Purge Melancholy, ii., 218. ‘Hey for Richmond Ball’!
| | Fortune-biters, |
| Hags, BUM-FIGHTERS, |
| Nymphs of the Woods, |
| And stale City goods. |
