oxter
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of oxter
1490–1500; akin to Old English ōcusta armpit, Old Norse ( h ) ōstr throat
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You may have “The Lives of the Poets” under your oxter, young fellow, but you don’t have them in your head, so go home and read.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 15, 1999
He says, How many Leaders have you under your oxter?
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
There's no a claver in a' the countryside but ye maun fess 't hame aneth yer oxter, as gin 't were the prodigal afore he repentit.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
A barth of new heather He bore on his shoulder, And a bundle of whitlow-grass Under his oxter.
From The Mountainy Singer by Seosamh MacCathmhaoil
Saying this, he puts his hand into his oxter pocket, and pulling out a large red book, he told the boy to write his name in the book.
From The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural by Ernest Rhys
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