hurdies

[ hur-deez ]

/ ˈhɜr diz /

the buttocks.

Origin of hurdies

First recorded in 1525–35; origin uncertain

hupiro, huppah, hurban, hurcheon, hurd, hurdies, hurdle, hurdle rate, hurds, hurdy-gurdy, hurl

Suppose I should tell ye now I canna read the heid o' one printed word frae the hurdies o' it?

Where the Pavement Ends |John Russell
We have swords at our hurdies, and here is the King's Park at hand.

David Balfour, Second Part |Robert Louis Stevenson
Look at him, Hamish, already beckoning to us on his hurdies from the hill-top.

Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) |John Wilson
The Duke's rider from over the Rest was there in the saddle of a grey garron foaming at the mouth and its hurdies in a tremble.

The Lost Pibroch |Neil Munro

At any rate the hurdy girls were content with their partners, and their partners were all in love with the "hurdies."

Gold, Gold, in Cariboo! |Clive Phillipps-Wolley

hurdies

/ (ˈhʌrdɪz) /

Scot the buttocks or haunches

C16: of unknown origin