bare-arse

Alternative forms

• barearse

Etymology

bare +‎ arse

Adjective

bare-arse (not comparable)

1. (literally) With the buttocks exposed, as for a spanking or a mooning.
2. (by extension) Stark naked.
   • 1969, John Gould, The Jonesport Raffle, and Numerous Other Maine Veracities, Little, Brown and Company (1969), page 25:

     So he's pounding them off and is away over the hill in sweet dreams, and Clarice tippy-toes into the bedroom as quiet as fog coming off a millpond, and she takes off her clothes and stands there bare-arse looking out the window in the moonlight.

   • 1990, Daniel Pollock, Lair of the Fox, HarperCollins (1990), →ISBN, page 304:

     "I sleep bare-arse, Mrs. Bayram, always have, which you can come and check out any time you like."

   • 2012, Sandra Hill, Kiss of Pride, HarperCollins (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     "You exchanged vows bare-arse naked in front of an archangel?"

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