loins
Britishplural noun
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the hips and the inner surface of the legs where they join the trunk of the body; crotch
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euphemistic the reproductive organs
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literary the womb
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Example Sentences
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Tynecastle rubbed its eyes and then girded its loins.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
A second employee cuts those loins into neat chunks.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023
Subway lists its tuna as being "flaked tuna in brine" and maintains that it's FDA-regulated importers "use only 100% wild-caught tuna from whole round, twice cleaned, skipjack tuna loins."
From Salon • Jul. 16, 2022
George’s story — and the story of many of the Naylors who issued from his loins — is told in “The Naylors of Woodborough,” a meticulously researched book published in 2013.
From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2022
I knew only that I would grow heavy with the burden, and one day deathlike pains would grip me until the creature sprang from my loins and cried to be cared for.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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