sit-upon

[sit-uh-pon, -pawn]

sit-up·on

[sit-uh-pon, -pawn]
noun
1.
a piece of waterproof fabric or other material carried by campers, hikers, etc., and used for sitting on wet surfaces.
2.
Chiefly British Informal. the buttocks.

Origin:
1835–45; noun use of verb phrase sit upon
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