niskaperseote

Finnish

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Definitions
  • (colloquial) A way of physically controlling a (weaker) person by grabbing them firmly from the neck of their jacket and the waist of their pants, and lifting their feet from the ground.
  • (figuratively) Used of removing a person from some premises disregarding the actual method of ousting.

Etymology

Compound from Finnish niska (neck, nape, back of the neck, load bearing horizontal support column) + Finnish perse (arse, ass, butt, of ass)+ Finnish ote (grasp, extract, grip, excerpt, hold).

Origin

Finnish

ote

Gloss

grasp, extract, grip, excerpt, hold

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