pube
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Etymology edit
Back-formation from pubes.
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Noun edit
pube (plural pubes)
- (slang) A single pubic hair.
- 2010, Nick Waugh-Bacchus, Platonic?, →ISBN, page 261:
- He was a man would could step back from a problem and look at it logically and find the sense in most given situations. Sure, questions such as ,“ Why are we here?” “Is there a God?“ and “Why is there a pube in the butter?” have stumped Jack in the past; however, in knowing that this is the case, Jack has been quite happy to move on and find answers to questions that are far more relevant to day-to-day existence.
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See pubes § Usage notes.
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a single pubic hair
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Galician edit
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pube f (plural pubes)
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pube m (plural pubes)
- the crab louse, Phthirus pubis
Italian edit
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pube m (plural pubi)
- (anatomy) pubis, pubic bone
- (anatomy) pubis (area)
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- pube in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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pūbe