ask my arse

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ask my arse

1. (idiomatic, slang, vulgar, obsolete) A common reply to any question; once common at court and among sailors, under the name of "selling bargains".

References

• [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811) “Ask my arse”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: […] C. Chappell, […], →OCLC.

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