n. Vulgar Slang The vagina or vulva. [Perhaps akin to Scots quim (in quim and cosh, on intimate terms), variant of queem, snug, fitting exactly, from Middle English queme, pleasing, from Old English gecwēme; see gwā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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