Quakebreech

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A coward. obsolete
Adjective
  1. 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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