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duck arsed

duck arsed is the alternative spelling of duck-arsed.

Meaning of duck-arsed

Adjective

duck-arsed (comparative more duck-arsed, superlative most duck-arsed)

  1. (UK, slang, vulgar, indelicate, sometimes insulting) Having or pertaining to broad hips and large, bulging buttocks.
    • All the girls, with the exception of May Callan, were squat, and as the country phrase had it—"duck-arsed." They were made for work, for breeding.1949, Patrick Kavanagh, Tarry Flynn: A Novel, Devin-Adair Co., page 78
  2. (UK, informal) Having or pertaining to a hairstyle of the type called a duck's arse.

Forms of duck arsed

comparativemore duck arsed
superlativemost duck arsed

Questions about duck arsed

What is duck arsed the alternative spelling of?
Duck arsed is the alternative spelling of duck-arsed.

Words near duck arsed in the dictionary

  1. duck and cover
  2. duck and dive
  3. duck ant
  4. duck ants
  5. duck architecture
  6. duck arsed
  7. duck building
  8. duck buildings
  9. duck butter
  10. duck call
  11. duck calls

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