backside
American
[bak-sahyd]
/ ˈbækˌsaɪd /
noun
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the rear or back part or view of an object, person, scene, etc.; that part which is opposite the front.
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rump; buttocks.
backside
British
/ ˌbækˈsaɪd /
noun
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the back of something
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informal the buttocks
Etymology
Origin of backside
1350–1400; Middle English back syde; back 1, side 1; compare Old English bæce backside
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