Shakespeare's use of the word scut may be a sly reference to Mistress Ford's pudenda: see sense 3.
Source: wiktionary
Scut
//skʌt//
Synonyms for "scut" (103 found)
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Translations
10 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- къса опашка noun (short, erect tail)
Czech
2 entries- kelka noun (short, erect tail)
- pírko noun (short, erect tail)
Finnish
1 entries- töpöhäntä noun (short, erect tail)
German
1 entries- Blume noun (short, erect tail)
Irish
1 entries- sciot noun (short, erect tail)
Italian
1 entries- codino noun (short, erect tail)
Latgalian
1 entries- lipa noun (short, erect tail)
Latvian
1 entries- ļipa noun (short, erect tail)
Low German
1 entries- Bloom noun (short, erect tail)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
I rumpled her Feathers, and tickled her Scut, / And play'd the round Rubbers at two handed Put.
Source: wiktionary
Put on your dress, ye shameless witch, standin' there in your pelt I'll take a strap to, for havin' the conceit out of you, for by your idling had lost me the sup of gin to keep the breath of life in me. Cover your scut, or I'll welt the skin off it.
Source: wiktionary
So … so she show you her pretty li'l scut, he? Jesse, you are a lad; when will you learn?
Source: wiktionary
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