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Meaning: (originallymilitary,chiefly of people)Closelyonebehindthe other.[from 1980s]1984May 4, Jon Sugar, “A Sweet and Sonr Look at Jon Sugar”, in Alex MacDonald,Bay Area Reporter, volume XIV, number21,page22:I’m a bastard jewboy in the promised landwith a big hairy ass and a pocket full of sandlivin’nuts to buttsand asshole to bell1988October 28,James M. Shannon, “Narrative” (chapter VI), inThe Report of the Investigation of Attorney General James M. Shannon of the Class 12 Experience at the Edward W. Connelly Criminal Justice Training Center, Agawam, Massachusetts, Massachusetts. Attorney General's Office,page63:Lawrence Rich gave away his iced tea and forced down two grape drinks before lining up "nuts to butts" to leave the room.2003, Rita M. Ippoliti, “Tandem City” (chapter 6), inFalling into Place, Kryos Publishing,page128:Like where else could he go? We’re harnessed togethernuts to butts.2011, Dara Odoe Sok,Engagement in Peril,Xlibris,page504:Another yelled out, “Let me seenuts to butts, c'mon, people,nuts to butts, ladies! This ain't fucking gay, get used to it now!Nuts to butts!”2017, Walt Browning,Charlie's Requiem: Resistance,→ISBN, page15:The vehicles were stackednuts to butts, with little room to pass between them.2023September 27, Maximilian Sebastian Sterling, “Rethinking the Stereotype: The English and Queuing Misconceptions”, inMedium[1], archived fromthe originalon25 April 2024:Ironically, I found myself playing peacekeeper, urging elderly English ladies to respect the line, much like I would back in Dehli’s while disembarking from airplanes where people found the need to stand “nuts to butts” while pushing forward.; (by extension)Crowdedly,tightly,compactly.2005, Richard Lee Pulgham,The Hogs of Cold Harbor: The Civil War Saga of Private Johnny Hess, CSA, Whitmore Publishing Co.,page93:Many had never ridden on a train before and were excited as children. They piled in willy-nilly, everywhere, finding room where they could. It was so crowded that some had to stand up in the aisles,nuts to butts, but they didn’t mind.2008, Nick Garafola,Hot Metal Boys, Cold Piece Books,page48:“When I got down there they already had about 20 crazy fuckers packed togethernuts to buttsin the same cell smellin’ like fart. I was like, get me the fuck outta here.”2014March 17, Mark Sanders, “Denver fans explain why De La Soul still matters”, inWestword[2], archived fromthe originalon25 April 2024:De La Soul, the iconic Long Island hip-hop trio, performed last Saturday to a capacity crowd at Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom. It was "nuts-to-buttscrowded," as my Tennessee friends like to say.2017, William Hunter,Sanction,[…],→ISBN,page47:If it had not been a weekend, the borough would have been quieter. Moreover, the morning crowd would have soon been out, and the area overwhelmed with commuters walking, biking, and driving to work, or packednuts to buttson public transportation.2018, Lois Greiman,Unsweetened, NYLA,page227:Maybe it does take a village. But what if the damned village in question isnuts to buttsfull of idiots? —Lieutenant Jack Rivera2024June 27, @dane_berggren,Twitter[3], archived fromthe originalon21 July 2024:There's no point in arguing, they believe they are superior and anyone who doesn't livenuts to buttsin an overcrowded city is stupid.
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