Definitions

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  • noun obsolete coward

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Examples

  • It was an extraordinary thing that he should have found this chink: he, the son of a Glasthule huckster, of a quakebuttock, a quakebuttock himself, should in the majestic vault of Christendom a flaw have found.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

  • It was an extraordinary thing that he should have found this chink: he, the son of a Glasthule huckster, of a quakebuttock, a quakebuttock himself, should in the majestic vault of Christendom a flaw have found.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

  • Bill O'Reilly, the claimed to be official father of the word simply says Don't be a quakebuttock Quakebuttok definition: Quakebutock is a coward, is a sissy.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

  • The talk show host tweeted Monday that her first new book club pick in a year will be announced Friday, Sept. August 19th, 2009 Do you know what and who is quakebuttock?

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

  • Bill O'Reilly, the claimed to be official father of the word simply says Don't be a quakebuttock Quakebuttok definition: Quakebutock is a coward, is a sissy.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • August 19th, 2009 Do you know what and who is quakebuttock?

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • And looking back, it seemed to Jim that he had never prayed for himself at all but for this other boy that his mind’s eye watched, a rawney-looking molly of a boy, the son of a quakebuttock, a coward himself, praying that he should hear his calling and join the brothers like Our Lady wished and not to be so inconsiderate.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

  • And looking back, it seemed to Jim that he had never prayed for himself at all but for this other boy that his mind’s eye watched, a rawney-looking molly of a boy, the son of a quakebuttock, a coward himself, praying that he should hear his calling and join the brothers like Our Lady wished and not to be so inconsiderate.

    At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

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  • A coward.

    May 12, 2008

  • This word goes straight to the list of compound derogatives, Gapeseeds and Muckworms!

    March 23, 2011

  • The art of the insult’s in a state of schlock;

    The sensitive ear is pained at such talk.

    Your foe is not bested

    If his mother's molested

    But he's laid in the dust by “quakebuttock.”

    In the 1912 presidential primaries Teddy Roosevelt derided Taft as a "puzzlewit." Taft in his turn called TR a " honeyfugler." Oh, for the day when men wielded invective like rapiers and politics was no arena for the quakebuttock!

    April 3, 2014