hunkers

Noun

 * 1) The haunches.
 * 2) * Philip Larkin, Toads
 * For something sufficiently toad-like / Squats in me, too; / Its hunkers are heavy as hard luck, / And cold as snow,
 * For something sufficiently toad-like / Squats in me, too; / Its hunkers are heavy as hard luck, / And cold as snow,