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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 foot
  2. hind leg
  3. hind legs
  4. hind limb
  5. hind limbs
  6. hind quarter
  7. hind quarters
  8. hind teat
  9. hind teats
  10. hind tit
  11. hind tits

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