hurdies

American  

[hur-deez] / ˈhɜr diz /

plural noun

Scot.

1. the buttocks.

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hurdies British  

/ ˈhʌrdɪz /

plural noun

1. the buttocks or haunches

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Etymology

Origin of hurdies

First recorded in 1525–35; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Tak’ you care, my bonnie young man, that your craig doesna feel the wecht o’ your hurdies.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The groaning trencher there ye fill, Your hurdies like a distant hill, Your pin wad help to mend a mill In time o’ need, While thro’ your pores the dews distil Like amber bead.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

"Suppose I should tell ye now I canna read the heid o' one printed word frae the hurdies o' it?"

From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John

The groaning trencher there ye fill, Your hurdies like a distant hill, Your pin was help to mend a mill In time o'need, While thro' your pores the dews distil Like amber bead.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

Meg was at the hurdies o' them wi' a switch gey quick, an' sune had Sandy's lum hingin' aside his greatcoat in the lobby.

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.