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pescuezu

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Asturian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pesˈkweθu/, [pesˈkwe.θu]
  • Rhymes: -eθu
  • Hyphenation: pes‧cue‧zu

Noun

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pescuezu m (plural pescuezos)

  1. (anatomy) neck
    • 1750, Antón de Marirreguera, Dido y Eneas:
      Trai la mano á la ñeña pel pescuezo.
      he brings the hand to the girl by the neck
    • 1789, Antonio Balvidares Argüelles, Les Exequies de Carlos III en Oviedo:
      Con esclavina al pescuezu per unes escalerines.
      With a slave girl by the neck up some stairs.
    • 1878, Justo Álvarez Amandi, Beatus Ille:
      ver los gües que, colgando del piscuezu
      see the oxen that, hanging by the neck
    • 1927, Faustino Cifuentes García, La confesión d'una neña:
      La camisa, muy blanquina, como el piscuezu–y apreta,
      The shirt, very white, how tight the neck is,
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