hamesucken
noun
hame·suck·en
variants or less commonly haimsucken
ˈhāmˌsəkən
plural -s
1
Scots law : the assaulting of a person in his or her own house or dwelling place
2
Anglo-Saxon law
a(1)
: a franchise of trying persons charged with assaulting a person in his own home and receiving the fines or damages imposed
(2)
: such fines or damages
b
: burglary, housebreaking
Word History
Etymology
Middle English hamsoken, from Old English hāmsōcn, from hām home + sōcn attack; akin to Old Norse sōkn attack, Old English sēcan to attack, seek
- not think much of
- not to be missed
- not to be sniffed at
- not to mention
- not to put too fine a point on it
- not to say
- not to worry
- not too shabby
- not too thrilled
- not touch (someone or something) with a bargepole
- not touch (someone or something) with a ten-foot pole
- not touch a drop
- not touch someone or something with a bargepole
- not touch someone or something with a ten-foot pole
- not touch with a bargepole
- not touch with a ten-foot pole
- not turn a hair
- not under any circumstances no circumstances
- not under any circumstances/under no circumstances
- not under any obligation
- not under any under no circumstances
- not unless
- not unlike
- not until
- not up to expectations