coit

British  

/ kɔɪt /

noun

1. Also: quoit.  slang buttocks; backside

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Etymology

Origin of coit

C20: perhaps a variant and special use of _quoit , referring to roundness

Example Sentences

I cried, "shoo's my mother:" ��� An' I doffed my cap an' my coit.

From Songs of the Ridings by Moorman, Frederic William

English derivatives will show the long quality of the vowels in aer, deus, coit, duo.

From Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin by Sargeaunt, John

An th' coilhoil wants a coit o' lime,    Then it'll smell mich sweeter, An th' cellar should be done this time,    It maks it soa mich leeter.

From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John

"All reight, lass! put it on th' table wol aw goa for mi hat an coit," sed Bob, "an dunnot freeat."

From Yorkshire Tales. Third Series Amusing sketches of Yorkshire Life in the Yorkshire Dialect by Hartley, John

Similar wording at vii 7 'ipse uides certe glacie concrescere Pontum', Tr II 196 'maris astricto quae coit unda gelu', and Tr III x 37.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear