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private parts
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private parts
(noun)
private parts
noun
private parts
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of PRIVATE PARTS
[
plural
]
informal
:
a person's external sexual organs
—
used as a polite way of referring to the sexual organs without having to say their names
He used a towel to cover his
private parts
.
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privates
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