jackass
v.— «In 1916 I made the strike that I’d been jack-assing for thirty-five years trying to locate.» —“My 73 Years on Southwestern Deserts” by Ralph J. Fairbanks Touring Topics June, 1930. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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