arse
noun
ass.
Example Sentences
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"There is no shortage of the corporate manoeuverings, jockeyings for position, eyes on chances and arses being covered that we have come to expect of America's most monstrous family company," she went on.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2021
They’d busted their arses for their kid to go to a grammar school – and to see it from their perspective, the arts were not a way for black people to survive.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2020
No, without wishing to pre-empt the conclusions of questers from Lord Justice Leveson to the Treasury committee to the people sighing "why are our overlords such arses?" into their pints, I can't see it happening.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2012
More of us would rather watch a bunch of saggy old arses and a parrot called Max not eating mashed potato from a fork; that's either quite charming or very depressing, I'm not sure which.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 19, 2010
He says that’s because there’s only one privy and it’s in the backyard and children don’t get down the stairs in time to put their little arses on the bowl, God help us.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
