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ass over tea kettle; ass over tea cups adverb head over heels US, 1948- Someday one of these things is going to wipe out New York, turn it ass-over-teakettle. — Stephen Longstreet, The Flesh Peddlers, p. 256, 1962
- In a matter of seconds, you’re at horizon level and then you’re down, ass over tea-kettle, scrambling up and after the chute, tearing out of the harness. — Anthony Herbert, Soldier, p. 31, 1973
- They drop four head of cattle and blow two papa-sans ass over teakettle with the fifites. — Larry Heinemann, Close Quarters, p. 106, 1977
- Ass over teakettle onto the concrete, right on my wrist. — Robert Campbell, Juice, p. 29, 1988
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