buttocker
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]buttocker (plural buttockers)
- (mining, historical) A worker who gets coal off at a longwall face.
- (wrestling) One who uses the cross-buttock throw.
- 1889, Walter Armstrong, Wrestling, page 199:
- It is a chip, however, always fraught with peril, as the slack hold of the buttocker, if he misses his aim, enables his opponent to gain a firmer grip, which he is certain to make the best use of in the commanding position in which he finds himself.