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ass a donkey, proverbially taken as a type of patience and stupidity.
ass-eared epithet applied to
Midas after he had unwisely given judgement against Apollo in a contest of flute-playing, and been rewarded by the god with donkey's ears in place of his own.
ass in a lion's skin a foolish or cowardly person who adopts a heroic pose or appearance; the allusion is to a fable in which a donkey dresses up in the skin of a lion to appear terrible.
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Ass You Like It
Magazine article from: The Village Voice; 6/7/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...face anymore." That's because the Ass's beauty is unrivaled. Sometimes people refuse to put their faces next to the Ass and challenge its greatness by pitting their mere mortal asses against the Ass. A few Chelsea queens made this mistake...
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Big Ass Fans help control temperature at manufacturing facility year round.(2005 TECHNOLOGY TRENDS)
Magazine article from: Material Handling Product News; 9/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...Powerfoil[TM] (patent pending) Big Ass Fans later and Ruskin employees are feeling...Manager, that what they needed was a Big Ass Fan. Bruck was surprised to learn that...year round benefits to installing a Big Ass Fan. Bruck toured another local facility...
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"I am made an ass": Falstaff and the scatology of Windsor's polity.(Sir John Falstaff of the The Merry Wives of Windsor)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Texas Studies in Literature and Language; 12/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...he used 'ass' to pun on the ass that gets beaten with a stick...that gets thumped sexually, the ass that bears a burden and the arse...homoerotic relation of masters to asses in seventeenth-century city...allow for a homonymic pun between ass and arse, I suggest that the...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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PREIS IS RIGHT FOR ASS'AD : NORTHRIDGE FRESHMAN REUNITED WITH COACH FROM HIS YOUTH.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 9/19/1996; 700+ words
; ...Cal State Northridge men's soccer coach Marwan Ass'ad when he was 6 years old. Not only would Preis...parents paid for, but he would hang around and pester Ass'ad the rest of the summer. Ass'ad, because he loves anyone who loves soccer...
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Smart Ass SMS and WAP quiz launched in UK on 23rdfloor.com; Anne Robinson Tops Nationwide Poll For UK's Biggest 'Smart Ass'.
M2 Presswire; 11/22/2001; 700+ words
; ...PRESSWIRE-22 November 2001-zamano: Smart Ass SMS and WAP quiz launched in UK on 23rdfloor...Nationwide Poll For UK's Biggest 'Smart Ass' (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...has been voted the UK's No. 1 'Smart Ass' in a nationwide poll* to mark the launch...
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I Want To Eat Chinese Food Off Your Ass
Newspaper article from: Windy City Times; 6/25/2008; ; 532 words
; ...I want to eat chicken chow mein off yr ass I want you naked on a six-foot platter with roast pork Chow mein served on your ass. I want chicken with black bean sauce, and I want it off your ass. Fried chicken nuggets with broccoli eat...
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'Jackass' -- the lawsuit: Hot Springs man, Jack Ass, claims MTV damaging his reputation, life's work
Newspaper article from: Missoulian; 12/6/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...according to its web site. Now meet Jack Ass the man, a 44-year-old seasonally employed...lineman from Hot Springs. Last week, Jack Ass the man sued Viacom, the parent corporation...infringement of trademark and copyright. Jack Ass claims his public-service enterprises...
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SOCCER DREAMS; ASS'AD HOPES TO DEVELOP MINOR-LEAGUE TEAM IN VALLEY.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 7/28/1999; 700+ words
; ...Staff Writer True to his style, Marwan Ass'ad hit the soccer field running. He...m working like, the whole summer,'' Ass'ad declared this week as he spoke on a...the camps, the clinics. I'm full.'' Ass'ad, 45, likes it this way. He was busy...
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STILL FREEZING YOUR ASS OFF? THREE RADICAL REMEDIES
Magazine article from: The Stranger; 1/19/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...soaking wet, and Seattle's soaking-wet asses feel colder than Spokane's dry asses. If you're freezing your ass off--and we know you are--here are some ideas about heating your ass up. --Eds. Get Your Ass Sunburned by...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Professional wrestling : Kiss my ass.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 8/28/1999; 700+ words
; ...of its gripping bout at the SummerSlam it hosted in Minneapolis last weekend: In a "Kiss My Ass" match, Badd Ass Billy Gunn took on The Rock. Mr Ass brought an extremely fat woman with him to ringside, and said that when he beats [sic] The...
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ass
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the donkey. A male ass is called a jackass...female, a jenny. Wild asses are swift desert animals...The Syrian wild ass, of SW Asia, is...extinct. African Asses and Donkeys The two...Nubian and Somali wild asses, are becoming rare...Africa. The African ass averages about 4 1...
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Golden Ass, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Golden Ass, The, a satire by Apuleius . It takes the form of the supposed autobiography of the author, who is transformed into an ass by the mistake of the servant of an enchantress. He passes from master to...
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Burnell the Ass
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Burnell the Ass, the hero of the Speculum Stultorum by Wireker . Burnell, who represents the monk who is dissatisfied with his lot, is an ass who wants a longer tail. He goes to Salerno and Paris to study, and finally...
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asses' ears
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
asses' ears. Type of ear or horn .
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duck's ass
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
duck's ass • n. another term for ducktail .
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