Khyber Pass

English

Etymology

Calque of Urdu درہ خیبر (dara xaibar).

Proper noun

Khyber Pass

  1. A mountain pass connecting Pakistan and Afghanistan of great strategic and historical importance.
    • 2006 June 22, Dr Jules Stewart, The Khyber Rifles: From the British Raj to Al Qaeda‎[1], The History Press, →ISBN:
      Bab-e-Khyber is the name of the fortified arch, inaugurated with great pomp in 1963 by Pakistan's former military ruler Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan, that today bridges the road entrance to the Khyber Pass.

Noun

Khyber Pass

  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) The arse.
    Synonyms: khyber (ellipsis); see also Thesaurus:buttocks
    • 1999 December 27, Androcles, “Re: An Open Letter to George Hammond:”, in sci.physics.relativity‎[2] (Usenet):
      You can stuff your rules, your insane ravings, your shouting, and your stupid "theory" right up your Khyber Pass. See a psychiatrist.

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