bash the bishop in All languages combined

Audio: en-au-bash the bishop.ogg

[Australia] Forms: bashes the bishop [present, singular, third-person], bashing the bishop [participle, present], bashed the bishop [participle, past], bashed the bishop [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Uncertain or disputed. Goldman (1950) suggests that beat the bishop comes from a resemblance of the penis to a bishop’s miter; Partridge (7th ed., 1970) likewise derives bash the bishop from a resemblance to the Staunton bishop chess piece. Other sources, such as Green, suggest that assonance of bishop with bash, beat, bop etc. may have given rise to the phrase as a type of word play. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{m|en|beat the bishop}} beat the bishop, {{m|en|bash}} bash, {{m|en|beat}} beat, {{m|en|bop}} bop Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bash the bishop (third-person singular simple present bashes the bishop, present participle bashing the bishop, simple past and past participle bashed the bishop)

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"bash the bishop" meaning in All languages combined

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