An example is his drawing of a gorilla holding a fish under its oxter and both staring at a plate of chips.
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The black dagger ( sgian-dubh ) was usually carried in a place of concealment very often under his armpit ( or oxter ).
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McKean mixes an alphabetical list with short essays on groups of words ( " Aberrant and Amazing Anatomy, " for example, in which we learned that " oxter " is your armpit and " annularis " the ring finger ).