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 gawcie tail, wi' upward curl, Hung ower his hurdies wi' a swurl.

From The Dog's Book of Verse by Various

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

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

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

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