Buttock definition
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Origin of buttock
- Middle English from Old English buttuc strip of land, end bhau- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Probably from Old English buttuc (“end, short piece of land”), attested since circa 1300, diminutive form of what is presumedly the Old English precursor of butt.
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