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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For Jones and his salvation army it's a day to gird the loins and fight back.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026
A second employee cuts those loins into neat chunks.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023
Then gird your loins, because this isn’t a drink for the delicate.
From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2022
Given Marvel’s continuing rampage across the culture, I think we had better gird our loins for the next logical stage of evolution, which is when Penguin Classics, too, will become Marvel movies.
From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2022
The gods forced Loki onto the three great stones: they put one of the stones beneath his shoulders, one under his loins, and one beneath his knees.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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