have a sixpenny bit up one's backside

verb

To be over the moon, to be very happy.

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Meanings

verbhave a sixpenny bit up one's backside (third-person singular simple present has a sixpenny bit up one's backside, present participle having a sixpenny bit up one's backside, simple past and past participle had a sixpenny bit up one's backside)

present singular third person has a sixpenny bit up one's backside · participle present having a sixpenny bit up one's backside · participle past had a sixpenny bit up one's backside · past had a sixpenny bit up one's backside

  1. IrelanddatedslangTo 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

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APA

have a sixpenny bit up one's backside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/have%20a%20sixpenny%20bit%20up%20one's%20backside

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “have a sixpenny bit up one's backside,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/have%20a%20sixpenny%20bit%20up%20one's%20backside.

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