full butt

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Meaning: (colloquial,idiomatic,dated)headfirstwithfullforce1692,Roger L’Estrange, “(please specify the fable number.)(please specify the name of the fable.)”, inFables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists:[…], London:[…]R[ichard]Sare,[…],→OCLC:Two Whimsical Chimeras, that were abroad upon Adventure, happen'd to encounter, head to head,full-Butt, upon the way1837,Frederick Marryat,Snarleyyow, or, The dog fiend:The corporal[…]ranfull buttat the lieutenant.1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, inThe Poison Belt[…], London; New York, N.Y.:Hodder and Stoughton,→OCLC:"Now, Challenger, it's up to you to tell us where we are. We ain't nervous folk, as you know well; but when it comes to makin' a week-end visit and finding you've runfull buttinto the Day of Judgment, it wants a bit of explainin'."

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