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haul one's ashes en · VERB

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1. (colloquial) To move one's body; to move away, depart.
   • Now ye and yore boys jest haul yore ashes and start makin' tracks back to the Yellowstone. 1996, Matt Braun, Bloody Hand, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 222:
   • "Then leave, you yeller-belly!" Luttie said. "You're paid up. Haul your ashes." "I believe I'll just do that little thing. I'm pullin' out...." 2001, William W. Johnstone, Code of the Mountain Man, Pinnacle Books, →ISBN, page 265:
   • Tate uncorked a haymaker, and Starbuck ducked low, belted him in the gut.... The impact buckled Tate.... He was out cold.... "Anybody [referring to Starbuck] that can haul Sam Tate's ashes is my kinda of man...." 2002, Matt Braun, Hangman's Creek, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, pages 91–93:
2. (euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse.
   • "George Brent has got one hell of a schlong on him," Tabitha ventures. "And how!" Lucy agrees enthusiastically. "I'd haul his ashes for him any time." 1989, Gilbert Sorrentino, Misterioso; republished in Pack of Lies, Dalkey Archive Press, 1997, →ISBN, page 349:
   • Just do me a favor: if you decide to haul her ashes, don't tell Victory. He's got a crush on her, and so far she won't give him any play. 2002, Stephen J. Cannell, The Viking Funeral, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 157:
   • I still get beautiful ladies to haul my ashes when my old balls get heavy. 2004, Iceberg Slim, Mama Black Widow, Holloway House Publishing, →ISBN, page 293:

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have sex · haul ass (to move away) · skedaddle · discuss Uganda (to have sexual intercourse) · show someone one's etchings · Netflix and chill