have a sixpenny bit up one's backside en · VERB
Etymology
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Meanings
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(Ireland, dated, slang) To be over the moon, to be very happy.
‘Eddie told me what you done […] Come in here earlier on like he’d got a sixpenny-bit up his backside.’
1980, Ted Lewis, GBH, Sphere Books, →ISBN, page 174:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| having a sixpenny bit up one's backside | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| had a sixpenny bit up one's backside | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| had a sixpenny bit up one's backside | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| has a sixpenny bit up one's backside | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |