Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The crupper; the buttocks.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
hindquarters or therump of ahorse , astrap under thegirth of a horse'ssaddle to stop the saddle from kicking forward - noun The
rump , theposterior .
Etymologies
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A corruption of the Scottish crupper.
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Examples
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Knox's colleague, had given in and was speaking hotly against those who held out; that even the redoubtable John Durie had 'cracked his curple' [13] at last; and that the pulpits of Edinburgh were silent, except a very few 'who sigh and sob under the Cross.'
Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series William Morison
reesetee commented on the word curple
Horse's rump.
May 23, 2008
bard commented on the word curple
1) the small of the waist before the flare of the hips
2) a derriere, rump or behind.
June 17, 2008
seanahan commented on the word curple
Rhymes with purple!
June 19, 2008
whichbe commented on the word curple
I think I might have curple tunnel syndrome.
September 19, 2008
bilby commented on the word curple
Get well soon, which ;-)
September 19, 2008
reesetee commented on the word curple
You have your horse hindquarters in a tunnel, whichbe?
*confused*
September 19, 2008
whichbe commented on the word curple
Now dontcha get yer hindquarters in a tunnel, 'sette, we gots ta done shovel our buckets up at the boondoogy.
September 19, 2008
reesetee commented on the word curple
*more confused*
September 19, 2008
whichbe commented on the word curple
Place some porridge down by the traintracks and curbswabble a stucky muck twirl with some gittyupins, ya hear!
September 19, 2008
reesetee commented on the word curple
Oh, that.
September 19, 2008
whichbe commented on the word curple
Stop dagnaggin' the earwiggly horntooth knobbleknockins and tackyturn that bowfaced picky plumglum, lil' laddybug.
September 19, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word curple
*head explodes*
September 20, 2008
mollusque commented on the word curple
I think whichbe's sucking fumes in a tunnel. Either that or cursing out the driver in front of her.
Edit: just recalled that whichbe is male. The only other person I know who might say something like the sentences below is female.
September 20, 2008
yarb commented on the word curple
How are you getting on with Finnegans Wake, whichbe?
September 20, 2008
alexz commented on the word curple
rhymes with hirple
April 21, 2015