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n. - The part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks.

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  • What the stout old lady who showed us the "relics of old Guy" in 1847 called "Guy's breastplate," and sometimes his helmet! is the "croupe" of
  •   With well-timed croupe the nimble coursers veer;
  • “Well, I am willing to venture the wine; or, I will bet you ten pieces to five, that I carry your portmanteau on my croupe, and out-trot you into the bargain.”
  • Hills forms on hills, and croupe o'er croupe extends;
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