hurdies
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of hurdies
First recorded in 1525–35; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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O Louis, you that writes in Scots, Ye're far awa' frae stirks and stots, Wi' drookit hurdies, tails in knots, An unco way!
From Ban and Arriere Ban by Lang, Andrew
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 last we saw o' him, he was sitting on his hurdies in the shallows, up to his neck in the water, trying what banes war hale after his stramash.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
We have swords at our hurdies, and here is the King’s Park at hand.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
His gawcie tail, wi' upward curl, Hung ower his hurdies wi' a swurl.
From The Dog's Book of Verse by Various
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