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oxter

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oxter [ˈɒkstə]
n
Scot, Irish, and northern English dialect the armpit
[from Old English oxta; related to Old High German Ahsala, Latin axilla]
Translations
oxter [ˈɒkstəʳ] N (Scot) → axila f
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