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ˈhurdies, n. pl. Sc.
[Origin unknown.]
The buttocks; the hips. Also fig. the rump, the end or ‘tail’ of anything.
1535Lyndesay Satyre 4363 Of hir hurdies scho had na hauld. 1623Elgin Session Rec. in Scotsman (1898) 31 Jan. 2/7 There was litile justice in Elgin that suffered them [two witches] to leve so lang unhet baith their hurdies. 1786Burns Twa Dogs 36 His gawcy tail..Hung o'er his hurdies wi' a swirl. 1894Crockett Raiders 163 The long rows of cow's hurdies. 1895― Men of Moss Hags xl. 290 He was sitting on his hurdies in the shallows. |