Who knew?! ;-)

[Wilson Gray]

Fro the OED Online:


1593    F. Sabie Fissher-mans Tale l. 340,

 I sawe one Lasse farre comelier than the rest, A peerlesse _peece_
[?of arse?], an heart-delighting gyrle.


1704    Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 244

Do you think I have nothing else to do‥but to Mend and Repair after _your Arse_?


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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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