And begob there he was passing the door with his books under his oxter and the wife beside him and Corny Kelleher with his wall eye looking in as they went past, […]
‘It's a small beast,’ he said. ‘I could carry it under my oxter.’
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To hug with the arms, or support by taking the arm of.
They oxter him into the building.
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And begob there he was passing the door with his books under his oxter and the wife beside him and Corny Kelleher with his wall eye looking in as they went past, […]
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‘It's a small beast,’ he said. ‘I could carry it under my oxter.’