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hindquarter

English

Etymology

hind +? quarter

Noun

hindquarter (plural hindquarters)

  1. Either rear half of a side of beef, mutton, veal, lamb or by extension from another edible mammal.
  2. (in the plural) The hind biped (leg) of a quadruped, or all body parts situated behind the hind legs' trunk-attachment.
    • While Major was speaking four large rats had crept out of their holes and were sitting on their hindquarters, listening to him.
  3. (metonymically, derogatory, usually in the plural) Human behind, butt.

Translations

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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curple

English

Etymology

A corruption of the Scottish crupper.

(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -??(?)p?l

Noun

curple (plural curples)

  1. The hindquarters or the rump of a horse, a strap under the girth of a horse's saddle to stop the saddle from kicking forward
  2. (transferred) The buttocks, the posterior.

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