deep throat
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of deep throat
C20: from the code name of such a source in the Watergate scandal; a reference to the title of a pornographic film
Example Sentences
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Though pelicans — and their deep throat pouches — have existed for at least 30 million years, they do not appear in the Eastern Shore’s historical records.
From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022
An enormous staghound dashed out from his covert somewhere, with an utterance from his deep throat which sounded sufficiently awful to Dolly, an angry or a warning bay, and came springing towards her.
From The End of a Coil by Warner, Susan
Thy mouth was leant upon the wall Against the painted mouth, thy chin Touched the hair's painted curve and fall; Thy deep throat, fallen lax and thin, Worked as the blood's beat worked therein.
From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
The dog roused from his nap by the stove was already there, nuzzling his tawny head against his distressed friend, while he made inarticulate sounds of sympathy in his deep throat.
From The Secret of the Storm Country by Hitchcock, Lucius W.
Jug! jug! went a bird with a sweet jurgle in his deep throat.
From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Reade, Charles
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