"arselong" meaning in English

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        "3": "earsling",
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        "5": "backwards, on the back"
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      "expansion": "arse + -ling",
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      "expansion": "Dutch aarzeling",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ärschling"
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      "expansion": "German ärschling",
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        "2": "ärschlings"
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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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        "(UK dialectal) Backwards; on one's arse."
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        {
          "word": "arseling"
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          "word": "arselings"
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        "not-comparable"
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  "word": "arselong"
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      "expansion": "arse + -ling",
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      "expansion": "Dutch aarzeling",
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "German ärschling",
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    },
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        "2": "ärschlings"
      },
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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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        "Backwards; on one's arse."
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    {
      "word": "arseling"
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