assback
assback noun: the back of a donkey.
Noun
assback (plural assbacks)
- The back of a donkey.
- […] they took her and set her on Ass-back, and led her round about the City,1691, uncredited translators, Plutarch’s Morals, Part 2, London: T. Sawbridge et al., p. 224
- The way of riding most used in this place is on assback.1766, Tobias Smollett, Travels Through France and Italy, London: R. Baldwin, Volume 1, Letter 5, p. 74
- Synonyms:
- donkeyback
Adverb
assback (not comparable)
- On the back of a donkey.
- […] I should have thought a great chief had something better to do than to play chess either horseback or assback.1850, George Walker, “A Game of Chess with Napoleon”, in Chess and Chess-Players, London: Charles J. Skeet, page 260
- That samurai is surely fast alive
In his hunched and silhouetted dozing, assback,
In the blur of fog,1970, Mark Perlberg, “Hiroshige”, in The Burning Field,, New York: William Morrow, page 7
- Synonyms:
- donkeyback
Synonyms of assback
Forms of assback
| plural | assbacks |
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Origin of assback
From ass + back.
Questions about assback
- What does assback mean?
- Assback means the back of a donkey.
- What part of speech is assback?
- Assback can be a noun or an adverb.
- What is the plural of assback?
- The plural of assback is assbacks.
Words near assback in the dictionary
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