1891. N. Gould, Double Event, p. 164. Hang it all.
1892. Milliken, ’Arry Ballads, p. 7. But ’ang it, I can’t stand the style of the silent and the stare-me-down sort.
1892. F. Anstey, Voces Populi, ‘On the Ice,’ p. 122. Stick by me, old fellow, till I begin to feel my——Oh, hang it all!
To hang an arse, verb. phr. (old).—To hang back; to hesitate.
1598. Marston, Satyres, ‘Ad Rythmum.’ But if you hang an arse like Tubered, When Chremes dragged him from his brothel bed.
1637. Massinger, Guardian, v, 5. Nay, no hanging an arse.
1639–61. Rump Songs, ii., 86. Nay, if it hang an arse; We’ll pluck it from the stares, And roast it at hell for its grease.
1748. Smollett, Roderick Random, ch. lxv. My lads, I’m told you hang an arse.
1780. Tomlinson, Slang Pastoral, 2. My arse hangs behind me as heavy as lead.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.