crotch

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Whether a pickle fell on your chin or your crotch was burned by hot coffee (because obviously it was the clerk at McDonald's that placed that cup O hot joe in the general vicinity of your genitals and not YOU).

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  1. noun The angle or region of the angle formed by the junction of two parts or members, such as two branches or legs.
  2. noun The area on a pair of pants, underpants, or shorts where the two leg panels are sewn together.
  3. noun A piece of material sewn into a pair of pants, underpants, or shorts that joins the legs.
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  • Her gaze dropped for a moment to his crotch, then traveled up again to meet his. —  CallMeWicked
  • The pressure in his crotch was already hot and urgent against his zipper. —  Jackson, Lisa - See How she dies 2
  • Billy adjusted his crotch, his panties were riding up a bit. —  Practical Demonkeeping
  • Mac honey was sober enough to catch the barfly's hand as it slid to his crotch, and to get while the getting was still good. —  Stabenow, Dana - [Liam Campbell 01] - Fire and Ice
  • I grabbed for his crotch, caught only a fistful of cloth, and laughed. —  F ;SF; - vol 093 issue 06 - December 1997
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  1. Possibly alteration of crutch and partly from Middle English croche, crook, crosier (from Old French croche, hook, shepherd's crook, feminine of croc, hook; see crochet).

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  1. from Middle English crotche, croche, a shepherd's crook, with variant croke, crook; mixed with croche, properly cruche, crucche, a crutch, and with croce, a crozier: see crook, croche, crutch, cross, crozier, and cf. crotchet, ult. a diminutive of crotch.
 

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