† skitterbrook Obs. rare.
[ad. Du. schijtebroek, with the first element assimilated to skitter v.1]
One who befouls his breeches; a coward.
1632 Brome Crt. Beggar iv. ii, The Devill fright him next for a spurging skitterbrooke. a 1652 ― Novella iv. ii, Like to make a skitter brooke Of you in your Dutch slops. |