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hind-quarter

hind-quarter is the alternative spelling of hindquarter.

Meaning of hindquarter

Noun

hindquarter (plural hindquarters)

  1. Either rear half of a side of beef, mutton, veal, lamb or by extension from another edible mammal.
  2. (in plural) The hind biped (leg) of a quadruped, or all body parts situated behind the hind legs' trunk-attachment.
    • While Major was speaking four large rats had crept out of their holes and were sitting on their hindquarters, listening to him.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC
  3. (derogatory, metonymically, plural-normally) Human behind, butt.

Forms of hind-quarter

pluralhind-quarters

Questions about hind-quarter

What is hind-quarter the alternative spelling of?
Hind-quarter is the alternative spelling of hindquarter.

Words near hind-quarter in the dictionary

  1. hind tit
  2. hind tits
  3. hind wing
  4. hind wings
  5. hind-body
  6. hind-quarter
  7. hind-quarters
  8. Hindal
  9. Hindang
  10. Hindavi
  11. Hindawi

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