keister

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The anus or buttocks.
  2. A safe, a strongbox.
  3. A suitcase or satchel.
verb
  1. To conceal something in one's rectum.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

En-au-keister.ogg

Word forms

keister keisters keester keyster kiester keistering keistered

Etymology

Uncertain. Originally attested as a criminal cant word for "burglar's tool-box" in 1881. In the 20th century a clutch of criminal slang meanings are mentioned, including "safe, strongbox". "Tripe and keister" had been the phrase for a conman's or a pitchman's display case on a tripod. A likely origin is the word Kiste, which means a box or case, in both German and Yiddish.

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