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fart through silk

fart through silk verb: to be well-off.

Verb

fart through silk (third-person singular simple present farts through silk, present participle farting through silk, simple past and past participle farted through silk)

  1. (colloquial, slang) To be well-off
    • Stick with me, kid, and you'll be farting through silk.

Forms of fart through silk

third-person singular presentfarts through silk
present participlefarting through silk
past participlefarted through silk
pastfarted through silk

Origin of fart through silk

Mocking an unpleasant or disliked person's ("fart through") wealthy or comfortable conditions ("silk"). Attested as early as the 1920s.

Questions about fart through silk

What does fart through silk mean?
Fart through silk means to be well-off.
What part of speech is fart through silk?
Fart through silk is a verb.
What is the past tense of fart through silk?
The past tense of fart through silk is farted through silk.

Words near fart through silk in the dictionary

  1. fart sacks
  2. fart squirrel
  3. fart squirrels
  4. fart tax
  5. fart taxes
  6. fart through silk
  7. fart walk
  8. fart walks
  9. fart-arse
  10. fart-arses
  11. fart-breath

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