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“He was so quick, he could get around you before you got off your haunches,” says one former teammate.

Face red, eyes bulging to the ceiling, she lifted the bar from its stand and then lowered herself onto her haunches.

Pulling the horse on his haunches, and swinging him round at the same moment as if on a pivot, he made a bound to the left.

Old Captain sat up on his haunches, his slantwise eyes wide open with wonder.

"Stop, my young friend," said Crafty, sitting bolt upright on his haunches.

But Frederick seized the horse by the bridle, and with a violent jerk forced the animal back upon its haunches.

Charley's horse fell back upon his haunches;—there was giant might in the hand that reined him;—an inch nearer, and she was lost!

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On this page you'll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to haunches, such as: backside, behind, bottom, bum, butt, and derriere/derrière.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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