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Definition of Huckle
1. n. The hip; the haunch.
Definition of Huckle
1. Noun. (obsolete) The hip, the haunch. ¹
2. Noun. A bunch or part projecting like the hip. ¹
3. Noun. (context: Geordie pejorative) A homosexual man. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Huckle
1. the hip [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Huckle
Literary usage of Huckle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"Also, the bone itself used in that game, called also corruptly, huckle-bone. ...
or casting of huckle-bones, which is done with sheep's bones. ..."
2. One Hundred and Fifty Gymnastic Games by Ethel Perrin, Boston Normal School of Gymnastics (1902)
"Variation: huckle Buckle Bean Stalk. The thimble must be hidden where it can be
seen without having to move anything, and yet where it is not likely to be ..."
3. Historical Collections of the Life and Acts of the Right Reverend Father in by John Strype (1821)
"Slandered. Papists have mass in prison. Goes his visitation. Suspends one huckle.
Suit with his predecessor for dilapidations. ..."
4. Cases on Torts: With Abstracts of Lectures Upon Several Torts by Charles Albert Keigwin (1920)
"huckle vs. Money, 2 Wilson, 205. Common Pleas, 1763. The Secretary of State had
issued what was called a general ..."
5. Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts: With Notes and References to by Nathaniel Cleveland Moak, John Thomas Cook (1879)
"South Eastern Railway Co. Gabell v. The Same. 1877 [2 Common Pleas Division, 410.]
June 26, 1811. *huckle v. WILSON and Others. ..."
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