peddle one's ass

verb

To sell one's ass, to work as a prostitute.

Meanings

verbpeddle one's ass (third-person singular simple present peddles one's ass, present participle peddling one's ass, simple past and past participle peddled one's ass)

present singular third person peddles one's ass · participle present peddling one's ass · participle past peddled one's ass · past peddled one's ass

  1. slangvulgarTo sell one's ass, to work as a prostitute.

    The man paid and Rufus took his sandwich over to the bar. He felt that everyone in the place knew what was going on, knew that Rufus was peddling his ass.

    1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, New York, N. Y.: The Dial Press, published January 1963, page 42

    Synonyms: gill, hustle, jazz, prostitute, sell one's ass, sell one's body, sell oneself, turn a trick

Synonyms & antonyms

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