Keister Definition
kēstər
noun
A satchel, suitcase, etc.
Webster's New World
The buttocks; rump.
Webster's New World
The anus.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Keister
Noun
Singular:
keister
Plural:
keistersOrigin of Keister
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Origin uncertain. Originally attested as a criminal cant word for "burglar's tool-box" in 1881. In the XX century a clutch of criminal slang meanings are mentioned, including "safe, strongbox". "Tripe and keister" had been the phrase for a conman's or a pitchman's display case on a tripod.
From Wiktionary
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Earlier satchel, suitcase ultimately from German Kiste box, case (also buttocks, anus, in German slang) from Middle High German box, case from Old High German kista from Latin cista chest
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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