peddle one's ass

English

Verb

peddle one's ass (third-person singular simple present peddles one's ass, present participle peddling one's ass, simple past and past participle peddled one's ass)

1. (vulgar, slang) To sell one's ass, to work as a prostitute.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute oneself

   • 1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, New York, N. Y.: The Dial Press, published 1963 January, page 42:

     The man paid and Rufus took his sandwich over to the bar. He felt that everyone in the place knew what was going on, knew that Rufus was peddling his ass.

Further reading

• Jonathon Green (2024) “peddle one's ass v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang