queen = "male homosexual", 1729

[Jonathan Lighter]

Re; "break your eggs."  "Eggs" could well have had testicular overtones or
even a meaning, but the limited evidence I have places "break/bust your
balls" well in the 20th C.

JL

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> > "pullet" (usu. a young girl)
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> Precursor of "chick"?;-)
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