pin buttockn.
/ˈpɪn ˌbʌtək/, U.S. /ˈpɪn ˌbədək/ Now rare.
A narrow or bony buttock; a person or animal having narrow or bony buttocks.
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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).
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