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assback

adv · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

On the back of a donkey.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: donkeyback

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The back of a donkey.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1691, uncredited translators, Plutarch’s Morals, Part 2, London: T. Sawbridge et al., p. 224, [...] they took her and set her on Ass-back, and led her round about the City,
  • 1994, Robert Kelly, “In Irish America” in Queen of Terrors, Kingston, NY: McPherson, p. 56, [...] tune soft as the assback my Savior rode from Jericho to Caerleon.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: donkeyback

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From ass + back.