quakebreech

See also: quake-breech

English

Alternative forms

quackbreech, quack-breech, quakebreach, quake-breach

Etymology

quake +‎ breech

Noun

quakebreech (plural quakebreeches)

(obsolete) A coward.

Synonyms

quakebuttock; see also Thesaurus:coward

Adjective

quakebreech (comparative more quakebreech, superlative most quakebreech)

(obsolete) Cowardly, uncourageous.
- 1705, Stevens, John, 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:
  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.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:cowardly

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