1 gen 1697 anni - huddle

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To hug, embrace, a dialect usage. 1697 <i>saw the soldier</i> ... <i>sometimes upon </i>[Mary Barton’s]<i> bedside, very familiar with her, hudleing and Kissinge her</i>, Dewsbury (QS1). This was part of a testimony in a case involving Mary Barton. She was accused of using her ale-house as a brothel and ‘huddling and kissing’ was used as a euphemism for having intercourse. It seems possible that the words ‘huddle’ and ‘kiss’ contributed to the development of ‘cuddle’ which otherwise has an obscure origin. The OED notes <i>huddle and cuddle, wee’l toy and wee’ll kiss</i> in Scotland in <i>c</i>.1665.

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