cross-buttock
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
cross-buttock (plural cross-buttocks)
- (wrestling) A throw in which the wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, places his left leg across both legs of his opponent, and pulls him forward over his hip.
- Synonym: buttocking
- (by extension) An unexpected defeat or repulse.
References edit
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary