Quakebreech
adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A coward. obsolete
Adjective
- 1 Cowardly, uncourageous. obsolete
"Hang me, if I do not fancy I ſtill hear that confounded Noiſe, which made my Guts wamble in my Belly! Faith and Troth, I found that Bout that my Mothers Son was in Quake-breech fear."
Example
More examples"Hang me, if I do not fancy I ſtill hear that confounded Noiſe, which made my Guts wamble in my Belly! Faith and Troth, I found that Bout that my Mothers Son was in Quake-breech fear."
Etymology
From quake + breech.
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