hurdies

American  

[hur-deez] / ˈhɜr diz /

plural noun

Scot.

1. the buttocks.

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hurdies British  

/ ˈhʌrdɪz /

plural noun

1. the buttocks or haunches

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Etymology

Origin of hurdies

First recorded in 1525–35; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

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 wad help to mend a mill In time o’ need, While thro’ your pores the dews distil Like amber bead.

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

Thir breeks o’ mine, my only pair, That ance were plush, o’ gude blue hair, I wad hae gien them off my hurdies, For ae blink o’ the bonnie burdies!”

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

Tak' you care, my bonnie young man, that your craig doesna feel the wecht o' your hurdies.

From Plays of William E. Henley and R.L. Stevenson by Henley, William Ernest

I'll swag, Bawbie, I never was gledder than when I cam' cloit doon on my hurdies on the garret flure.

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.