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The Sun is over the yardarm 

The yardarms on a sailing ship are the horizontal timbers or spars mounted on the masts, from which the square sails are hung. (The word yard here is from an old Germanic word for a pointed stick, the source also of our unit of measurement.) At certain times of year it will seem from the deck that the sun has risen far enough up the sky that it is above the topmost yardarm. In summer in the north Atlantic, where the phrase seems to have originated, this would have been at about 11am. This was by custom and rule the time of the first rum issue of the day to officers and men (the officers had their tots neat, the men’s diluted). It seems that officers in sailing ships adopted a custom, even when on shore, of waiting until this time before taking their first alcoholic drink of the day.
Can we have a drink? Yes, the sun is over the yardarm!
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Yarsar yasar yarsan yaesar Yasara yassar yatsari Yaşar Yahsarah yapsary

Sun is past the yardarm 

It is an old naval term, it means the bar is open. It is late enough in the day to start drinking.
The sun is past the yardarm, it is time for a drink.
The sexiest lad about. Usually defined as a Turkish person but is so honest. He would kill you if you made fun of his mother or father.
Yasar Is So fucking fit.
Yasar by Poof Oof Scoof February 2, 2020
The sudden urge to take a shit just before decorating a train in the yard.
Excuse me gents. I sense a case of yardarse coming on. *slips off sock*
yardarse by Eddie Lama September 4, 2022
Yasary is the sweetest but meanest human you will ever meet. She is so honest and it's really easy to get close to and love her! If you ever meet a yasary you're so lucky to have her. Cherish her forever she will easily become your best friend. Not to mention she is super pretty and her curls are out of this world :) <3
Girl 1: Have you met yasary?
Girl 2: Yeah she's the best!
Boy 1: Yeah i have a really big crush on her she is so pretty
yasary by lalalalllllalla December 1, 2019
noun the cutest guy to exist on this planet
he’s the yasar
yasar by libbygamer101 January 30, 2020