hurdies
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of hurdies
First recorded in 1525–35; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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Poor Centum-per-centum may fast, And grumble his hurdies their claithing, He'll find, when the balance is cast, He's gane to the devil for-naething.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
Amenable?—ye may say that; his craig wad ken the weight o' his hurdies if they could get haud o' Rob.
From Rob Roy — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir
Tak’ you care, my bonnie young man, that your craig doesna feel the wecht o’ your hurdies.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Stevenson, Robert Louis
The groaning trencher there ye fill, Your hurdies like a distant hill, Your pin was help to mend a mill In time o'need, While thro' your pores the dews distil Like amber bead.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
An' while that baith the twa o' them Were sayin' some orra wordies, Auld Corkie's leg, wi' hauf o's breeks, Cam' clean aff at the hurdies.
From The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots by Rorie, David
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