hurdies

American  

[hur-deez] / ˈhɜr diz /

plural noun

Scot.

1. the buttocks.

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hurdies British  

/ ˈhʌrdɪz /

plural noun

1. the buttocks or haunches

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Etymology

Origin of hurdies

First recorded in 1525–35; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

The groaning trencher there ye fill, Your hurdies like a distant hill, Your pin wad help to mend a mill In time o’ need, While thro’ your pores the dews distil Like amber bead.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

Thir breeks o' mine, my only pair, That ance were plush o' guid blue hair, I wad hae gien them off my hurdies, For ae blink o' the bonie burdies!

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

Meg was at the hurdies o' them wi' a switch gey quick, an' sune had Sandy's lum hingin' aside his greatcoat in the lobby.

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.

We have swords at our hurdies, and here is the King’s Park at hand.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

No chained mastiff looking grimly from the kennel's mouth, but a set of cheerful and sagacious collies are seen sitting on their hurdies, or "worrying ither in diversion."

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde