hang an arse

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Verb

hang an arse (third-person singular simple present hangs an arse, present participle hanging an arse, simple past and past participle hung an arse)

1. (idiomatic, archaic, slang) to hang back, to be afraid to advance.
   • c. 1670, John Wilmot, A Satyr on Charles II:

     For though in her he settles well his tarse,
     Yet his dull, graceless bollocks hang an arse.

References

• [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811) “Hang an arse”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: […] C. Chappell, […], →OCLC.