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Definition of Oxters
1. oxter [n] - See also: oxter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxters
Literary usage of Oxters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lakeland Words: A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases, as Used in by B. Kirkby (1898)
"OXEYE—The marguerite daisy in its wild state. oxters—Arm-pits. It catches mi at
t' oxters. PADDOCK—Field name for a low-lying level field. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"This word is commonly used as an interrogatory. 'lies ta gitten owta o fish to-day ?'
' Nay, nought 'at is owt'—or, not many. oxters, o. armpits. ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1909)
""See. lassie, tak' her up firm like 1111- ilcr the oxters. Dinn;i be feared o'
the bairn," she directed. Kasie made n desperate lunge at the l>:iby. got it ..."
4. Governments and Parties in Continental Europe by Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1897)
"... Victor Victor Emmanuel, who refused to repeal the Statuto in spite of the
oxters and the threats of Austria, — an act that won for him the confidence of ..."
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