loins
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loins
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loins pl (plural only)
- (biblical, euphemistic) The pubic region.
- The reproductive organs.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 8:19, column 1:
- Neuertheleſſe, thou ſhalt not build the houſe, but thy ſonne that ſhall come foorth out of thy loynes, hee ſhall build the house vnto my Name.
- The reproductive organs.
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the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia
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