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have a sixpenny bit up one's backside

have a sixpenny bit up one's backside verb: to be over the moon, to be very happy.

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

Forms of have a sixpenny bit up one's backside

third-person singular presenthas a sixpenny bit up one's backside
present participlehaving a sixpenny bit up one's backside
past participlehad a sixpenny bit up one's backside
pasthad a sixpenny bit up one's backside

Origin of have a sixpenny bit up one's backside

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Questions about have a sixpenny bit up one's backside

What does have a sixpenny bit up one's backside mean?
Have a sixpenny bit up one's backside means to be over the moon, to be very happy.
What part of speech is have a sixpenny bit up one's backside?
Have a sixpenny bit up one's backside is a verb.
What is the past tense of have a sixpenny bit up one's backside?
The past tense of have a sixpenny bit up one's backside is had a sixpenny bit up one's backside.

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

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

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