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Synonyms for oxter
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ok-ster |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒk stər |
Définition of oxter
- As in armpit : noun underarm
- The "oxter" is crooked because the arm is engaged carrying them.
- Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop
- He twirls in reversed directions a clouded cane, then wedges it tight in his oxter.
- Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
- To those who know not the pipes, the feel of the bag in the oxter is a gaiety lost.
- Extract from : « The Lost Pibroch » by Neil Munro
- Then Paruig pushed the bag further into his oxter, and the tune changed.
- Extract from : « The Lost Pibroch » by Neil Munro
- And as she said this, she held up her oxter, as if to tak me below't.
- Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland » by Various
- With the bell carefully tucked under his oxter he gave forth his news in a rasping voice that broke now and again into a squeal.
- Extract from : « Auld Licht Idylls » by J. M. Barrie
- "There was many a good man went to the penny-a-week school with a sod of turf under his oxter," said Mr. Kernan sententiously.
- Extract from : « Dubliners » by James Joyce
- So Tammy and I had to oxter her out between us, and deliver the howdie herself—safe in at her own door.
- Extract from : « The Life of Mansie Wauch » by David Macbeth Moir
- I'll look for ye comin' up the street next week wi' the charts under your oxter and your lad wi' ye.'
- Extract from : « Erchie » by (AKA Hugh Foulis) Neil Munro
- O'Grady drank a couple of naggins, put the pipes under his oxter (arm-pit) and said, "I'm ready to go with ye now."
- Extract from : « Legends of Saints & Sinners » by Douglas Hyde
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