Meanings
comparative more duck-arsed · superlative most duck-arsed · alternative duck arsed · alternative duckarsed
- UKslangvulgarindelicate; sometimes insulting; indelicate; sometimes insultingHaving or pertaining to broad hips and large, bulging buttocks.
I'm delighted that you should admire Beecham. A pompous little duckarsed bandmaster who stood against everything creative in the art of his time.
1963, John Fowles, The Collector, Pan Books paperback ed. (1965), p. 1781 more example
All the girls, with the exception of May Callan, were squat, and as the country phrase had it—"duck-arsed." They were made for work, for breeding.
1949, Patrick Kavanagh, Tarry Flynn: A Novel, Devin-Adair Co., page 78 - UKinformalHaving or pertaining to a hairstyle of the type called a duck's arse.
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