OED dating of "cock" = "penis"

Charles Doyle cdoyle at UGA.EDU
Sun Jun 25 13:29:18 UTC 2006


Regarding (Southern) "cock" = 'vagina':  As y'all Yankees can
easily imagine, we Southern youths, upon first encountering
the term "cocksucker" (for me, in the 1960s), perforce
invisioned the designated individual's ministrations quite
differently . . . .

Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>>
>> What is the earliest date for the "cock" = "vagina" which
used to be a southern dialectical meaning?
>>
>> How common is this meaning today and where?
>>
>> Yours,
>>
>> John Mehlberg

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