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quakebuttock

noun
/ˈkweɪkˌbʌtək/UK/ˈkweɪkˌbʌtək/US

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from buttuc — “end; end piece”; also, “short piece of land”
  2. inherited from buttok
  3. compounded as quakebuttock — “quake + buttock”

Definitions

  1. A coward.

    • Not fitting speech, Kor. Quakebuttock, some would have called him. Coward. But I knew he was no coward, and though I wanted to rail at him in anger, heartache would not let me. Not yet.
    • From hurtful facts I fain won't hide / (I'm not that quakebuttock, weak type who'd / Turn face from fear: I never shied / From vulgar verities others shooed), [...]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA