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hurcheon

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[hur-chuhn] / ˈhɜr tʃən /

noun

Chiefly Scot.

  1. a hedgehog.

  2. an urchin.

Etymology

Origin of hurcheon

1275–1325; Middle English hirchoun, variant of urchun urchin

Example Sentences

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And I was e'en as great a gomeral to let ye persuade me to lie up here amang the blankets like a hurcheon, instead o' gaun to the wappen-schaw like other folk.

From Old Mortality, Volume 1. by Scott, Walter, Sir

The meikle devil wi' a woodie Haurl thee hame to his black smiddie, O'er hurcheon hides, And like stock-fish come o'er his studdie Wi' thy auld sides!

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

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