assman
English
Noun
assman (plural assmen)
- Someone who rides a donkey.
- 1856, Emmeline Stuart-Wortley, The Sweet South, London: Printed for Private Circulation: Volume 2, Chapter 14, p. 173,
- We met several camelestrians on our road, and horsemen and assmen; and the scenery in many parts was very pretty.
- 1885, George Manville Fenn, Dick O’ the Fens, London: Blackie & Son, 1888, Chapter 15, p. 244,
- No sooner was Tom upright than the donkey gave the whole of his skin and muscles a wrench sidewise, which felt as if the seat was being dragged away. ¶ The consequence was that Tom nearly went off to the right. He was too good an assman, though […]
- 1937, Robert Byron, The Road to Oxiana, London: Macmillan, Part 4, p. 154,
- Even the asses have a fashionable air, large white beasts loaded with cushions, fringes, and tassels; so that horsemen and assmen trot side by side on equal terms in the gay parade.
- 1856, Emmeline Stuart-Wortley, The Sweet South, London: Printed for Private Circulation: Volume 2, Chapter 14, p. 173,
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