oxter

American  

[ok-ster] / ˈɒk stər /

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. the armpit.

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oxter British  

/ ˈɒkstə /

noun

1. dialect the armpit

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Etymology

Origin of oxter

1490–1500; akin to Old English ōcusta armpit, Old Norse ( h ) ōstr throat

Example Sentences

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

He says, How many Leaders have you under your oxter?

From Literature

A barth of new heather He bore on his shoulder, And a bundle of whitlow-grass Under his oxter.

From Project Gutenberg

It wasna very lang until I drew up; and, though she didna gie me ony great encouragement at first, yet, in a week or twa, after the ice was fairly broken, she became remarkably ceevil, and gied me her oxter on a Sunday.

From Project Gutenberg

And as she said this, she held up her oxter, as if to tak me below't.

From Project Gutenberg