"assmanship" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From assman + -ship. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|assman|ship}} assman + -ship Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} assmanship (uncountable)
  1. The skill of riding a donkey. Tags: uncountable
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          "text": "Ned Shuter’s assmanship, however, was not an unique performance, exhibited in this double character; for the celebrated Joe Haines, a comedian, in the reign of Queen Anne, spoke an epilogue on assback, at Lincoln’s-Inn-fields theatre;",
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