hurcheon
Americannoun
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a hedgehog.
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an urchin.
Etymology
Origin of hurcheon
1275–1325; Middle English hirchoun, variant of urchun urchin
Example Sentences
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The meikle devil wi' a woodie Haurl thee hame to his black smiddie, O'er hurcheon hides, And like stock-fish come o'er his studdie Wi' thy auld sides!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
And I was e'en as great a gomeral to let ye persuade me to lie up here amang the blankets like a hurcheon, instead o' gaun to the wappen-schaw like other folk.
From Old Mortality, Volume 1. by Scott, Walter, Sir
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