hang an arse

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

hang an arse

  1. (idiomatic, archaic, slang) to hang back, to be afraid to advance.
    • c. 1670, John Wilmot, A Satyr on Charles II
      For though in her he settles well his tarse,
      Yet his dull, graceless bollocks hang an arse.

References

  • [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811), Hang an arse”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. [], London: Printed for C. Chappell, [], OCLC 23927885.
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