"have a sixpenny bit up one’s backside" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: have a sixpenny bit up one's backside [canonical], has a sixpenny bit up one's backside [present, singular, third-person], having a sixpenny bit up one's backside [participle, present], had a sixpenny bit up one's backside [participle, past], had a sixpenny bit up one's backside [past]
Etymology: . Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> a sixpenny bit up one's backside|head=have a sixpenny bit up one's backside}} have a sixpenny bit up one's backside (third-person singular simple present has a sixpenny bit up one's backside, present participle having a sixpenny bit up one's backside, simple past and past participle had a sixpenny bit up one's backside)
  1. (slang, dated, Ireland) To be over the moon, to be very happy. Tags: Ireland, dated, slang
    Sense id: en-have_a_sixpenny_bit_up_one’s_backside-en-verb-1rV3szN2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English light verb constructions, Irish English

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