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  • noun Plural form of back-side.

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Examples

  • That is if you can't be bothered to get off your lazy fat middle-class back-sides and organize a large peaceful protest march.

    OPEN THREAD 2009

  • True Believers thinking to rescue him; but the Moslem champions met them and left most of them prostrate on the earth, whilst the rest turned and sought safety in flight, seeking surer site, while the clanking sabres their back-sides smite.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Even though he was surrounded by more protesters than the combined pimple count on the faces and back-sides of his testicularly challenged followers, and handicapped as he was by little or no brain wave activity, the Supreme Dumkopt was still proudly strapped into the back of a pickup, and often appeared to be aware of random air molecules and loud noises.

    Bad Days For Idaho Intolerance Don Lewis 2008

  • Some snapped their fingers; some forked them out; some clapped their hands, and some their back-sides; at length, they fairly proceeded to pulling caps, and every thing seemed to presage a general battle; when Holder ordered his horns to sound a charge, with a view to animate the combatants, and inflame the contest; but this manoeuvre produced an effect quite contrary to what he expected.

    The Expedition of Humphry Clinker 2004

  • But O how happy will this fortunate new Father be, when he may but once see the back-sides of all these grave and nice

    The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh

  • Moslem champions met them and left most of them prostrate on the earth, whilst the rest turned and sought safety in flight, seeking surer site, while the clanking sabres their back-sides smite.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • He's also a man seriously in love with portraying people's back-sides.

    The Rule of Reason 2010

  • To me, it was them trying to cover their back-sides in-case Steamboat's health concerns can be tied back to the injury angle in WWE's ring.

    PWTorch.com 2010

  • Whoa, I was worried it was "caning," as in lashing the the back-sides of unruly children.

    Popular Posts Across MetaFilter sararah 2009

  • The truth of the matter is, those challenged with the fight worked their back-sides off in getting it through the various levels of government, and in the end the right decision was made.

    BallHype - Top Sports News, Videos, and Blogs 2009

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