hang an arse
English
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Verb
- (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.
- For though in her he settles well his tarse,
- c. 1670, John Wilmot, A Satyr on Charles II
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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