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codpiece
[ kod-pees ]
noun
- (in the 15th and 16th centuries) a flap or cover for the crotch in men's hose or tight-fitting breeches, usually matching the costume and often decorated.
- Obsolete. penis.
codpiece
/ ˈkɒdˌpiːs /
noun
- a bag covering the male genitals, attached to hose or breeches by laces, etc, worn in the 15th and 16th centuries
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Origin of codpiece1
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Example Sentences
God keep from hurt, said he, the good fellow whose long codpiece or braguet hath saved his life!
In saying this, he took the head and held it warm foregainst his codpiece, that the wind might not enter into it.
Will you maintain, quoth Pantagruel, that the codpiece is the chief piece of a military harness?
Bobadilla, rogue, ten Duckets, I hit the prepuce of thy Codpiece.
Some wore a jeweled and embroidered codpiece between their legs to emphasize their virility.
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