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"There's no a claver in a' the countryside but ye maun fess 't hame aneth yer oxter, as gin 't were the prodigal afore he repentit.

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The armpit; also, the embrace of the arms. Wi' a Bible under their oxter and a speerit o' prayer in their heart. R. L. Stevenson, Thrawn Janet.
To support under the arm; embrace with the arms. [Scots.] The priest he was oxter'd, the clerk he was carried, And that's how Meg o' the Mill was married. Burns, Meg o' the Mill.
In coal-mining, a reëntrant corner in a working face.

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He got his umberell in his oxter, an' the bag in his hand, an' then he fand roond juist to see if there was naething else he had forgotten. — My Man Sandy
Sandy was springin' aboot wi' his heid in his oxter, an' a' the laddies roarin' and lauchin' like to kill themsel's I was ance genna gae doon an' tak' him awa' hame; but I thocht it micht look raither queer, so I lut him aleen for a little. — My Man Sandy
But when the cup comes round to you, take it under your oxter, and come out to me with it, and we'll go Away they went and they got to Greece, and he went into the palace and did as the black horse bade. — Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know
And then, second, if they keep the track of us, it may come to a fecht for it yet, Davie; and then, I'll confess I would be blythe to have you at my oxter, and I think you would be none the worse of having me at yours. — David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona
"There's no a claver in a' the countryside but ye maun fess 't hame aneth yer oxter, as gin 't were the prodigal afore he repentit. — Malcolm

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Formerly also ockster; from Middle English *oxte (?), from Anglo-Saxon ōhsta, ōcusta, the armpit; cf. ōxn = Old High German uohsana, armpit; cf. Latin axis, axis, diminutive *axla, āla, armpit, wing, etc.: see axis, axle, etc.
from oxter, n.

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