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

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

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

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)

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

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