assmanship
assmanship noun: the skill of riding a donkey.
Noun
assmanship (uncountable)
- The skill of riding a donkey.
- Ned Shuter’s assmanship, however, was not an unique performance, exhibited in this double character; for the celebrated Joe Haines, a comedian, in the reign of Queen Anne, spoke an epilogue on assback, at Lincoln’s-Inn-fields theatre;1828, Henry Angelo, Reminiscences of Henry Angelo, with Memoirs of His Late Father and Friends,, London: Henry Colburn, page 346
- He had put the assmanship of many to the test, but none were able to sit him, whenever he had arrived at a suitable place for depositing his load […]1843, Thomas Wilson, The Pitman’s Pay and Other Poems, Gateshead: William Douglas, Notes, p. 96
Origin of assmanship
From assman + -ship.
Questions about assmanship
- What does assmanship mean?
- Assmanship means the skill of riding a donkey.
- What part of speech is assmanship?
- Assmanship is a noun.
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