单词 | pin buttock |
释义 | pin buttockn. Now rare. A narrow or bony buttock; a person or animal having narrow or bony buttocks. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > buttock(s) > [noun] > types of brawn-buttocka1616 pin buttocka1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. ii. 17 It is like a Barbers chaire that fits all buttockes, the pin buttocke, the quatch-buttocke, the brawn buttocke, or any buttocke. View more context for this quotation 1700 T. D'Urfey Famous Hist. Rise & Fall Massaniello i. iv. i. 32 She's a rare fresh crummy Lass;—she's no Pin-buttock, not she Ifaith. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Rules buying horse The narrow pin Buttock, the Hog or Swine-Rump,..are full of Deformity. 1977 ‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon i. 11 There were several such benches in the bar-room—memorials to a centuries-extinct clientèle of pin-buttocks—but otherwise the furniture was all modern. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1616 |
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