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short-and-curlies
noun
pubic hair US- — Dale Gordon, The Dominion Sex Dictionary, p. 147, 1967
- Boy, he had me by the soft curlies and he was pulling hard. — Robert Lipkin, A Brotherhood of Outlaws, p. 108, 1981
- — Louis S. Leland, A Personal Kiwi-Yankee Dictionary, p. 91, 1984
▶ have by the short and curlies
to hold someone at a disadvantage; to exercise complete control over someone UK, 1948
Fanciful but convincing imagery in which “short and curlies” represent pubic hairs; a variation of HAVE BY THE SHORT HAIRS.- They knew they had me by the short and curlies, so they starts to come the old heavy stuff. — John Peter Jones, Feather Pluckers, p. 71, 1964
- [N]o coach worth his clipboard would consent to letting a player have him by the short-and-curlies. — Alexander Wolff, Big Game, Small World, p. 155, 2003
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