Strumple is an old word that means the fleshy part of a horse’s tail, and cock one’s strumples is an antiquated expression meaning to perk someone up. This is part of a complete episode.
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The word strumple is an old word that means the fleshy part of a tail when a horse has had its tail docked.
And in some dialect dictionaries, you’ll find the expression cocked my strumpels.
Does that mean to turn a cold shoulder or take a fence or what does it mean?
No, it means to sort of perk you up or, you know, you notice something out of the corner of your eye and it sort of startles you.
So it’s using strumfold to mean to your buttocks then.
Yeah, you know, it just, you know, the way a horse will respond to things, you know, cocked my strumples.
