Of course Peter knew as a fact that women were lighter than men, but after bracing himself, much as he would have done to try the cross-buttock with two hundred pounds of bone and brawn, he marvelled much at the ease with which he transferred the rider.
"The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him"
Paul Leicester Ford
And the German officer, he come up and hitted me in the buttock to see if I were dead.
"Leaves from a Field Note-Book"
J. H. Morgan
Now she had just observed that on the left buttock of every one of them were marked in distinct red letters the initials 'E. S.' 'E. S.' could bring to Cytherea's mind only one thought; but that immediately and for ever-the name of her lover, Edward Springrove.
"Desperate Remedies"
Thomas Hardy