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skitterbrook (SKIT-uhr-brook) - n., (rare) a coward.


Rare enough to not be in dictionaries outside the OED. First used in English in 1652, from Dutch schijtebroek, from schijten, shit + broek, pants -- so someone who craps in their pants in fear. Bring my brown pants!

---L.

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