Open-arse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈəʊpənɑːs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Open-arse is a noun meaning (UK regional) The medlar fruit.
Meaning
(UK regional) The medlar fruit.
Example Sentences
In several of our counties the same fruit is called an open arse; another of those unluckily belotted travesties of a very properly-expressed original phrase [...].
On a second reading, prompted by the reproaches of several friends and scholars, I conclude that the pun on medlar, slangily known as ‘an open-arse’, and poperin pear, shape-resembling penis and scrotum, is so forcibly obvious that ‘an open et-caetera’ must here mean ‘an open arse’.
Word Forms
- open-arses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include medlar, currant, azarole, persimon, murrey, ambrette.
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