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foreskin

[fawr-skin, fohr-]

noun

  1. the prepuce of the penis.



foreskin

/ ˈfɔːˌskɪn /

noun

  1. anatomy the nontechnical name for prepuce

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of foreskin1

1525–35; fore- + skin; probably on the model of German Vorhaut (Luther); prepuce
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Example Sentences

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There are also limits to what diners will stomach: Andrew Zimmern, host of the Travel Channel show “Bizarre Foods,” once recalled with revulsion that he was almost served a human baby’s foreskin in Madagascar.

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There came to be Ashanti men with chieftaincies and without foreskins.

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No other show I’ve ever seen is so concerned with the meaning of scaffolding, or with a man who’s obsessed with the health benefits of foreskin.

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After experiencing some problems with bleeding and tearing, I had been diagnosed with phimosis, a condition in which the foreskin retracts with difficulty or not at all.

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Part of the brand is foreskin restoration for men cut as babies.

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