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quake-breech en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, obsolete) Alternative form of quakebreech.
    • Hang me, if I do not fancy I ſtill hear that confounded Noiſe, which made my Guts wamble in my Belly! Faith and Troth, I found that Bout that my Mothers Son was in Quake-breech fear. 1705, John Stevens, A Continuation of the Comical History of the Most Ingenious Knight, Don Quixote de la Mancha, volume 3, translation of original by de Avellaneda, Alonso Fernández, page 59:

Forms

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more quake-breech Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most quake-breech Degree=Sup lexicographic

quake-breech en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, obsolete) Alternative form of quakebreech.

Forms

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quake-breeches Number=Plur lexicographic