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whip-arse en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From whip + arse. Possibly a calque of French fouette-cul, from fouetter (“to whip”) + cul (“arse”).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) A schoolmaster.
    • Feſſe-cul. A Pedanticall whip-arſe. 1611, Randle Cotgrave, A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, page FES-FES:

Forms

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whip-arses Number=Plur lexicographic
whip arse alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

bum-brusher · flog-bottom

whip-arse en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative spelling of whoop-ass.
    alt of whoop-ass

Forms

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whip arse alternative lexicographic