Vulgar words in Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 11, 1890 (Page 1)
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What's right's right; what's wrong's wrong; that's about the size of it.
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Visiting, S.-school, cottage services, ass.
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The explanation, we believe, is, that "ass." is the abbreviated form of "assisting."
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The Rector had better have the unabbreviated assistant in choir, particularly if he be already short of choristers; unless the Rector should be also Vicar of Bray, in which case the "ass." could be transferred from Lichfield to the more appropriate living.