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arse

  [ahrs]
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–noun Slang: Vulgar.
ass 2 (defs. 1, 2).
Origin:
see ass 2
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arse   (ärs)   
n.   Chiefly British Slang
Variant of ass2.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Arse

Arse\, n. [AS. ears; [ae]rs; akin to OHG. ars. G. arsch, D. aars, Sw. ars, Dan. arts, Gr. ? (cf. ? tail).] The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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arse 
"buttocks," O.E. ærs "tail, rump," from P.Gmc. *arsoz (cf. O.N. ars, M.Du. ærs, Ger. Arsch "buttock"), cognate with Gk. orros "tail, rump, base of the spine," Hittite arrash, Arm. or "buttock," O.Ir. err "tail." Arse-hole first attested c.1400 as arce-hoole. Arsy-versy "backside foremost" first attested 1539.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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