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arse bandit en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From arse + bandit. Cf. turd burglar.

Meanings

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, alt-of, alternative, derogatory, slang) Alternative form of ass bandit, a gay man.
   alt of ass bandit
   • [...] all the sodomites and catamites, poncey sausage jockeys, arse bandits, turd burglars and fudge packers, fur burger-licking carpet munchers, gormless imbeciles, morons, geeks, cretins and retards […] 2011, Bruce Mason, The Telomere Conspiracy, page 96:
   • DS Gavin Troy: But why would they want to kill her? Unless it was adultery. I suppose they could have been arse bandits. DCI Tom Barnaby: What? Troy: In the wood. Barnaby: You mean homosexuals, Troy. Troy: Well, that's what I said. Barnaby: You are as politically correct as a Nuremberg rally. 1997 March 23, Anthony Horowitz et al., “The Killings at Badger's Drift”, in Midsomer Murders:

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