Meaning of family jewels | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The testicles.
   euphemistic, idiomatic, plural, plural-only
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see family, jewels.
   plural, plural-only

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Examples

“The whole crowd cringed as he got hit right in the family jewels.”

“But what do three testicles mean? A mystical trinity illuminating some absurd need to procreate? A symbol suggesting a metaphysic of pawnbroking? Likely as not, it is simply an animation of the familiar euphemism, "the family jewels."”

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