Antedating of "Suck"

[Mark Mandel]

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?

> > 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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