Meaning of 尻を持ち込む

Question

In the 4th sentence of the 3rd paragraph of 坊ちゃん is:

古川の持っている田圃の井戸を埋めて尻を持ち込まれた事もある。

I am not sure what is meant by 尻を持ち込まれた.

According to Weblio it means:

問題の後始末を他の人に頼む。

I take it to mean that 古川 asked someone (not the narrator) to empty out the well which the narrator filled. Would this be accurate? For some reason it seems a bit odd.

Thank you

Answer 1

明鏡国語辞典 says:

尻を持ち込む -- 後始末をつけるよう関係者に迫る。

So... here in your example I think it's closer to 後始末をつけるよう[迫]{せま}る "demand, press", than ～頼む "ask".

古川の持っている田圃の井戸を埋めて尻を持ち込まれた事もある。

古川 demanded the narrator (or probably his family) to empty out the well which he filled.