(Scotland, obsolete) A badly-hung carriage.
(Scotland, obsolete) A badly-hung carriage.
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(Scotland) An impediment similar to a limp.
(British, chiefly, _, historical) A horse-drawn carriage for public hire.
A dialect term from Scottish and Northern English speech for the buttocks or rump — straightforward, earthy, and unashamed. It's the kind of word that sounds funnier the more you say it, and it carries no real vulgarity despite its subject matter. You're more likely to find it in historical texts, dialect poetry, or deliberately folksy conversation than in modern everyday speech, but it has a warm, regional charm that makes it worth knowing.
(Scotland) A state of perplexity.
(chiefly, _, UK) , (historical) a carriage pulled by a hackney horse or a motorized vehicle available for public hire.