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sit-
the verbal stem in combs., as † sit-horse, a riding-horse; † sit-house, Sc. a residence; sit-me-down (-upon) colloq., the buttocks, the posterior.
c1652Verney Mem. (1894) III. 193 He was not only for my coach, but he paced as easy as any sitt-horse. 1743Maxwell's Sel. Trans. (Jam.), The form of a sit-house, barn, bire, stable, with corn and kitchen yards. 1754Forfeited Estates Papers (S.H.S.) 333 For expenses in building the Sitt house as agreed on. 1926D. L. Sayers Clouds of Witness ii. 55 He's left the impression of his sit-me-down-upon on the cushion. 1935‘G. Orwell’ Clergyman's Daughter iii. 187 Shift yourself..and make room for my little sit-me-down. 1942Partridge Usage & Abusage 351/2 Euphemism..is often employed, sometimes in such childish form as sit-me-down. |