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keyster

keyster is the alternative spelling of keister.

Meaning of keister

Noun

keister (plural keisters)

  1. (slang) The anus or buttocks.
  2. (dated, slang) A safe, a strongbox.
    • ― " […] The four hundred's yours to take a keister for me. Any cash you find in the box is yours."
    • ― "Four hundred, huh? Don't seem like much. Think there'd be anything in the keister?"1953, Richard S. Prather, Too many crooks, page 100
  3. (slang) A suitcase or satchel.
    • Tripods, keister and loud talk don't make a pitchman any more than do fine feathers make fine birds.1942 August 29, Billboard, page 63

See all 5 meanings of keister

Forms of keyster

pluralkeysters

Questions about keyster

What is keyster the alternative spelling of?
Keyster is the alternative spelling of keister.

Words near keyster in the dictionary

  1. keysmiths
  2. Keysoe
  3. Keysor
  4. keyspace
  5. keyspaces
  6. keyster
  7. keysters
  8. keystone
  9. Keystone Cop
  10. Keystone Cops
  11. keystone corner

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