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Quotation dates: 1832
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HECK, n.3 The haunch, rump (of an animal); the cut of mutton across the kidneys, a saddle of mutton (Rxb. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XI. 75).Slk. 1832 Trans. Highl. Soc. 297:
It would be necessary to submit to the low shoulder and great round heck, but in all matters utility ought to rule fashion.
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