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Oxter vs Ofter - What's the difference?

oxter | ofter |

As a noun oxter

is (chiefly|scotland|ireland) the armpit.

As an adverb ofter is

.

oxter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, Scotland, Ireland) The armpit.
  • * , Episode 12: The Cyclops ,
  • *:And begob there he was passing the door with his books under his oxter and the wife beside him and Corny Kelleher with his wall eye looking in as they went past,...
  • *1955 , (Robin Jenkins), The Cone-Gatherers , Canongate 2012, p. 90:
  • *:‘It's a small beast,’ he said. ‘I could carry it under my oxter .’

    • References

    ofter

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • More often (chiefly poetic and dialectal) .

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