oxter
Example Sentences
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You may have “The Lives of the Poets” under your oxter, young fellow, but you don’t have them in your head, so go home and read.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 15, 1999
He says, How many Leaders have you under your oxter?
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
They were about to tear up Tommy's essay, but he snatched it from them and put it in his oxter pocket.
From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
O Ony, any. orra, odd. owre, over. oxter, the armpit.
From The Auld Doctor and other Poems and Songs in Scots by David Rorie
A friendly hand gripped him below the oxter, and, peering up, he discerned the Minister.
From Border Ghost Stories by Howard Pease
