rod for one's own breech en · NOUN
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of rod for one's back.
alt of rod for one's back
[He] would have cheated him; but it prov'd he only made a rod for his own breech, and what he intended to him, was fallen upon himself.
1674, Francis Kirkman, The English Rogue, printed by Anne Johnson (London), p. 224
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| a rod for one's own breech | canonical | lexicographic |