English
Etymology
Folk etymology: Trappers in early America would often find a coyote foot in their traps; the coyote would be so desperate to escape they presumably chewed their own limb off. In the 1970s, a comedian may have coined the term as a method of escaping from a drunken one night stand, the morning after (without waking her up.)
Adjective
coyote ugly
- A (U.S. pejorative slang) Very ugly, nearly always applied to a non-canine female.
#* The woman was so coyote ugly that if she wanted to hold my hand, I would chew it off at the wrist and give it to her.
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