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had a sixpenny bit up one's backside

had a sixpenny bit up one's backside is the simple past and past participle of have a sixpenny bit up one's backside.

Meaning of have a sixpenny bit up one's backside

Verb

have a sixpenny bit up one's backside (third-person singular simple present has a sixpenny bit up one's backside, present participle having a sixpenny bit up one's backside, simple past and past participle had a sixpenny bit up one's backside)

  1. (Ireland, dated, slang) To be over the moon, to be very happy.
    • ‘Eddie told me what you done […] Come in here earlier on like he’d got a sixpenny-bit up his backside.’1980, Ted Lewis, GBH, Sphere Books, →ISBN, page 174

Questions about had a sixpenny bit up one's backside

What is had a sixpenny bit up one's backside the simple past and past participle of?
Had a sixpenny bit up one's backside is the simple past and past participle of have a sixpenny bit up one's backside.

Words near had a sixpenny bit up one's backside in the dictionary

  1. had a say
  2. had a screw loose
  3. had a seat
  4. had a shit
  5. had a short memory
  6. had a sixpenny bit up one's backside
  7. had a snootful
  8. had a stab
  9. had a tantrum
  10. had a thick head
  11. had a thin time of it

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