quakebuttock

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkweɪkˌbʌtək/    美 /ˈkweɪkˌbʌtək/|[-ˌbəɾək]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A coward. humorous,obsolete,rare
    — 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 then draw t'other after, like a quake-buttock; [...]

词形变化

quakebuttocks plural quake-buttock alternative

词源

From quake + buttock. The word was rare before the 20th century but appears to have experienced a revival.
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