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arseling

adv, noun — 2 senses

arseling

adv

Etymology From Middle English *arsling, from Old English earsling (“backwards, on the back”). Cognate with Dutch aarzeling, aarzelings, German ärschling, ärschlings. By surface analysis, arse + -ling.

1

East Anglia, Scotland, UK, Dialectal, Especially Backwards.

Related terms
arseways

arseling

noun

Etymology From arse + -ling.

1

UK, Derogatory, Rare, Slang A petty and obnoxious person.

  • Defiant arselings is what you all are. You think you know best, gallivanting off with pirates?2023, Tricia Levenseller, Vengeance of the Pirate Queen:
  • "Ah, the arselings Leif Kolskeggson and Sterkur death-in-the-eye," Svik said.2024, John Gwynne, The Fury of the Gods:

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