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Old 01-11-2019, 11:04 PM
 
Location: Limbo
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Old 01-11-2019, 11:06 PM
 
Location: Limbo
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Which, I've decided, should/must be a contraction of hindquarters.
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Old 01-12-2019, 12:13 PM
 
Location: Southern New England
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Which, I've decided, should/must be a contraction of hindquarters.
Or, a contraction of this- (be)hind-knee.
As in "hind-knee".. hi-knee.

It bends like a knee, only in the opposite direction.

;-)

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Old 01-12-2019, 04:26 PM
 
Location: Southwest Washington State
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https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/heinie

Can’t get more authoritative than the OED.

I have known this word as heinie. Perhaps its spelling is evolving.
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Old 01-13-2019, 02:37 PM
 
Location: Limbo
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I don't drink those anymore, but they were goood..
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Old 01-13-2019, 10:53 PM
 
Location: Old Mother Idaho
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Which, I've decided, should/must be a contraction of hindquarters.
Front quarters, hind quarters. It makes sense to me. I've heard 'hinders' as a similar contraction, often used with 'fronters'.
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Old 01-15-2019, 04:56 PM
 
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I just discovered this thread and I am IN LOVE!
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Old 01-15-2019, 07:41 PM
 
Location: Madison, Alabama
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Front quarters, hind quarters. It makes sense to me. I've heard 'hinders' as a similar contraction, often used with 'fronters'.
Don't I've ever heard of either of those.

I've always assumed that "heinie" is a shortened form of "behind", with no counterpart for the front (unless it would be "front quarters"). It's probably a regional thing.
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Old 01-15-2019, 07:53 PM
 
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It's probably a regional thing.

That's what I was saying!
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Old 01-15-2019, 07:57 PM
 
Location: Madison, Alabama
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That's what I was saying!
Actually, I thought the spelling was "hiney" ... but the dictionary says I was wrong.
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