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keister


noun Slang.

  1. the buttocks; rump.

noun slang, mainly US

  1. the rump; buttocks
  2. a suitcase, trunk, or box
n.

“buttocks,” 1931, perhaps transferred from underworld meaning “safe, strongbox” (1914), earlier “a burglar’s toolkit that can be locked” (1881); probably from British dialect kist (northern form of chest) or its German cognate Kiste “chest, box.” The connection may be via pickpocket slang sense of “rear trouser pocket” (1930s).

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