clack dish

English

Noun

clack dish (plural clack dishes)

1. (historical) A dish with a movable lid, formerly carried by beggars, who clacked the lid to attract notice.

   Synonym: clapdish

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (obsolete) Vagina or vulva.
   • c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, act 3, scene 2:

     his use was to put a ducat in her clack-dish

Synonyms

• (vagina or vulva): see Thesaurus:vagina or Thesaurus:vulva