"arselong" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English *arsling",
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "earsling",
        "4": "",
        "5": "backwards, on the back"
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      "expansion": "Old English earsling (“backwards, on the back”)",
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        "3": "ling",
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      "expansion": "arse + -ling",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "aarzeling"
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      "expansion": "Dutch aarzeling",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ärschling"
      },
      "expansion": "German ärschling",
      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "Alteration (after headlong) of arseling, from Middle English *arsling, from Old English earsling (“backwards, on the back”), equivalent to arse + -ling. Cognate with Dutch aarzeling, aarzelings, German ärschling, ärschlings.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "ref": "1981, John Barth, Giles goat-boy:",
          "text": "Heave they did, all unopposed, and tumbled arselong when the bar came about. Even as they rolled and cursed, the whistling petered; [...]",
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        "Backwards; on one's arse."
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          "arse",
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        "(UK dialectal) Backwards; on one's arse."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "arseling"
        },
        {
          "word": "arselings"
        }
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        "UK",
        "dialectal",
        "not-comparable"
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  "word": "arselong"
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        "2": "arse",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "aarzeling"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch aarzeling",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ärschling"
      },
      "expansion": "German ärschling",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Alteration (after headlong) of arseling, from Middle English *arsling, from Old English earsling (“backwards, on the back”), equivalent to arse + -ling. Cognate with Dutch aarzeling, aarzelings, German ärschling, ärschlings.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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        "Backwards; on one's arse."
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    {
      "word": "arseling"
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    {
      "word": "arselings"
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