Quarrons

//ˈkwɒɹənz// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The body. obsolete

    "White thy fambles, red thy gan, / And they quarrons dainty is; / Couch a hogshead with me then, / And in the darkmans clip and kiss."

Example

More examples

"White thy fambles, red thy gan, / And they quarrons dainty is; / Couch a hogshead with me then, / And in the darkmans clip and kiss."

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Italian carogna (“carrion”) or French charogne, caroigne (“carrion”); hence from Latin caro (“flesh”). If so, cognate with English carrion, carnage.

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