oxter
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of oxter
1490–1500; akin to Old English ōcusta armpit, Old Norse ( h ) ōstr throat
Example Sentences
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You may have “The Lives of the Poets” under your oxter, young fellow, but you don’t have them in your head, so go home and read.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 15, 1999
He says, How many Leaders have you under your oxter?
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
They were about to tear up Tommy's essay, but he snatched it from them and put it in his oxter pocket.
From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
By your way of it, you’re Balfour of the Shaws; but for what I ken you may be Balfour of the Deevil’s oxter.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
But afore ye hae time to turn roon' an' get at yer ain wark, the craitur'll be oot again an' awa' up to the hill wi' a buik aneath his oxter.
From The Lilac Sunbonnet by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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