Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rod for one's own breech

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables: rod -for one's own breech
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of rod for one's back.

Example Sentences

"[He] would have cheated him; but it prov'd he only made a rod for his own breech, and what he intended to him, was fallen upon himself."

Inflected Forms

a rod for one's own breech (canonical)

Questions

What does rod for one's own breech mean?: Alternative form of rod for one's back.

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