hurdies
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of hurdies
First recorded in 1525–35; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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Thir breeks o' mine, my only pair, That ance were plush o' guid blue hair, I wad hae gien them off my hurdies, For ae blink o' the bonie burdies!
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.
To tremble under Fortune's cummock, On a scarce a bellyfu' o' drummock, Wi' his proud, independent stomach, Could ill agree; So, row't his hurdies in a hammock, An' owre the sea.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
His breast was white, his touzie back Weel clad wi’ coat o’ glossy black; His gaucie tail, wi’ upward curl, Hung o’er his hurdies wi’ a swirl.
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
No chained mastiff looking grimly from the kennel's mouth, but a set of cheerful and sagacious collies are seen sitting on their hurdies, or "worrying ither in diversion."
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde
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