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arses

  • plural
    of arse.
    arse
    noun
  • plural
    of arsis.
    arsis
    noun
    the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.

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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

It is clear what kind of viewer he is aiming at and pandering to from the off, as he promises to get the prisoners "off their arses".

From The Guardian ● Jun. 26, 2012

Hitler and Roosevelt and Churchill all wipe their arses.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

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