cross-buttock

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From cross- +‎ buttock.

Noun[edit]

cross-buttock (plural cross-buttocks)

  1. (wrestling) A throw in which the wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, places his left leg across both legs of his opponent, and pulls him forward over his hip.
    Synonym: buttocking
  2. (by extension) An unexpected defeat or repulse.

References[edit]

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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