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quake-buttock

quake-buttock is the alternative spelling of quakebuttock.

Meaning of quakebuttock

Noun

quakebuttock (plural quakebuttocks)

  1. (humorous, obsolete, rare) A coward.
    • See what theſe times are grown to, before twenty / I ruſh'd into the world, which is indeed / Much like the Art of ſwiming, he that will attain to't / Muſt fall plump, and duck himſelf at firſt, / And that will make him hardy and advent'rous, / And not ſtand putting in one foot, and ſhiver, / And...c. 1613, Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, “Wit at Several Weapons. A Comedy.”, in Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. […], [part 2], London: […] J[ohn] Macock [and H. Hills], for John Martyn, Henry...

Forms of quake-buttock

pluralquake-buttocks

Questions about quake-buttock

What is quake-buttock the alternative spelling of?
Quake-buttock is the alternative spelling of quakebuttock.

Words near quake-buttock in the dictionary

  1. quake in one's shoes
  2. quake lake
  3. quake lakes
  4. quake-breech
  5. quake-breeches
  6. quake-buttock
  7. quake-buttocks
  8. quakebreech
  9. quakebreeches
  10. quakebuttock
  11. quakebuttocks

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