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- noun Plural form of
occiput .
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Examples
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But he has seen me only once and you never, and I should not care to bet that he will feel the least particle of dismay at the idea of our occiputs getting all mussed up with a black-jack.
The Prince and Betty 1928
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The late Sumerian sculpture work again presents difficulties in this connection, for the faces and bulging occiputs suggest rather a long-headed than a broad-headed type, and the theory no longer obtains that new habits of life alter skull forms which are usually associated with other distinctive traits in the structure of skeletons.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904
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Let the occiputs thus cut off be interchanged, applying each to the head of his opposite party-man.
Gulliver's Travels 1896
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He had put them into awkward and constrained attitudes, of course; and they all looked as if they had the instrument of torture which photographers call a head-rest under their occiputs.
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He had put them into awkward and constrained attitudes, of course; and they all looked as if they had the instrument of torture which photographers call a head-rest under their occiputs.
The Rise of Silas Lapham William Dean Howells 1878
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"Battering occiputs at the last accounts," said Mohi.
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) Herman Melville 1855
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And right well doth man love to bruise and batter all occiputs in his vicinity; he but follows his instincts; he is but one member of a fighting world.
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) Herman Melville 1855
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To give compactness to the trio, and bring us into such shape as would enable the robe to Protect us all, we were obliged to put our backs and occiputs together, and keep our heads from nodding.
Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and conditions of the North American Indians 1841
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Let the occiputs, thus cut off, be interchanged, applying each to the head of his opposite party – man.
Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World 1726
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Let the occiputs, thus cut off, be interchanged, applying each to the head of his opposite party-man.
Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift 1706
sionnach commented on the word occiputs
(SMOOT PLANS TARIFF BAN ON IMPROPER BOOKS - News Item)
Senator Smoot (Republican, Ut.)
Is planning a ban on smut.
Oh rooti-ti-toot for Smoot of Ut.
And his reverend occiput.
Smite, Smoot, smite for Ut.,
Grit your molars and do your dut.,
Gird up your l__ns,
Smite h_p and th_gh,
We'll all be Kansas
By and by.
Smite, Smoot, for the Watch and Ward,
For Hiram Johnson and Henry Ford,
For Bishop Cannon and John D., Junior,
For ex-Gov. Pinchot of Pennsylvunia,
For John S. Sumner and Elder Hays
And possibly Edward L. Bernays,
For Orville Poland and Ella Boole,
For Mother Machree and the Shelton pool.
When smut's to be smitten
Smoot will smite
For G-d, for country,
And Fahrenheit.
Senator Smoot is an institute
Not to be bribed with pelf;
He guards our homes from erotic tomes
By reading them all himself.
Smite, Smoot, smite for Ut.,
They're smuggling smut from Balt. to Butte!
Strongest and sternest
Of your s_x
Scatter the scoundrels
From Can. to Mex!
Smite, Smoot, for Smedley Butler,
For any good man by the name of Cutler,
Smite for the W.C.T.U,
For Rockne's team and for Leader's crew,
For Florence Coolidge and Admiral Byrd,
For Billy Sunday and John D., Third,
For Grantland Rice and for Albie Booth,
For the Woman's Auxiliary of Duluth,
Smite, Smoot,
Be rugged and rough,
Smut if smitten
Is front-page stuff.
-- Ogden Nash (Invocation)
October 19, 2008
bilby commented on the word occiputs
Classic Nash!
October 19, 2008