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Definition of Hurdies
1. the buttocks [n] - See also: buttocks
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hurdies
Literary usage of Hurdies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns, William Ernest Henley (1897)
"Hurl, to be wheeled, to trundle : " or boil in a cartie," 130. hurdies, the loins,
the crupper (RB) n'. r the buttocks) : " hung owre his ..."
2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Wha meekly gae your hurdies to the smiters; Hung owre his ... Your hurdies like
a distant hill, Hurl [to ride In a conveyance] If on a ..."
3. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"hurdies, the hips ... Thir breeks o' mine, my only pair, That ance were plush,
o' guid blue hair, I wad ha'e gi'en them aff my hurdies, For ae blink o' the ..."
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