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Meaning of open-arse | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

ˈəʊpənɑːs

Definitions

The medlar fruit.

Examples

“In several of our counties the same fruit is called an open arse; another of those unluckily belotted travesties of a very properly-expressed original phrase [...].”

“On a second reading, prompted by the reproaches of several friends and scholars, I conclude that the pun on medlar, slangily known as ‘an open-arse’, and poperin pear, shape-resembling penis and scrotum, is so forcibly obvious that ‘an open et-caetera’ must here mean ‘an open arse’.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

open-book contract open-closed principle open-door policy open-earedness open-end fund open-ended contract

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