Antedating of "Suck"

[Dan Goncharoff]

I'm guessing "bunghole", a hole drilled into a barrel, and corked with a
bung.

DanG

On 6/30/2010 5:43 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:
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> I just noticed another redaction (besides "c - k" for "cock"), down at the
> very bottom of Fred's* quotation.
> "b - e" clearly refers to the anus, but what *word* does it represent?
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>
>>> then worked him till he made it come, and then sucked it; that he worked
>>>
> it
>
>>> again s!
>>>   ometime; that then he pressed him very close, called him his dear,
>>>
> hugged
>
>>> him and squeezed him and sat down, put his hand behind him, and put it
>>>
> into
>
>>> his b - e, and worked up and down till he hurt him vastly, and he
>>>
> believed
>
>>> made him bleed.
>>>
> * I think it's Fred's; counting ">"s is making me dizzy.
>
> Mark
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