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Cunnilingist, subs. (venery).—A man (or woman) addicted to the practice of tonguing the female pudendum.
Cunny-haunted, adj. phr. (popular).—Lecherous.
Cunny-Thumbed, adj. (old).—1.
Said of a person who doubles the
fist with the thumb turned inwards.
2. (schoolboys').—Said of one who shoots his marble—as at ring-taw or shoot hole—with the first phalange of the thumb from the second of the forefinger, instead of with the knuckle of the thumb from the first of the forefinger.
Cunt, subs, (common).—The female
pudendum; Latin cunnus.
A language word, but vulgar in
usage. Diminutives of varying degrees
are cunnicle, cunnikin,
cuntkin, cuntlet, cunny.
Derivatives, the result of an
obvious play upon words (old),
are cunny-catcher and cunny-burrow
ferret (Urquhart), for
which see Cream-stick; cunny-hunter
= a whoremonger; and
Cunny-skin (Durfey), for which
see Fleece. For synonyms, see
Monosyllable.
1383. Chaucer, The Millers Tale. Full prively he caught her by the queint, And sayde Ywis but if I have my will, For derne love of thee, lemman, I spill.
1622. Fletcher, Spanish Curate. They write sunt with a C, which is abominable.
1647-80. Rochester, The Royal Angler. However weak and slender in the string, Bait it with cunt, and it will hold a king.
1768. Sterne, The Sentimental Journey, So that, when I stretched out my hand, I caught hold of the fille-de-chambre's.
Cunt-Pensioner, subs. (vulgar).—A
male keep; one who lives by
the prostitution of a wife, a
mistress, a daughter, or any other
female connection.
Cunt-Struck, adj. (vulgar).—Enamoured
of women: who may,
in turn, be either Cock-smitten
or Prick-struck (q.v.)
Cup-and-Saucer Player, subs,
phr. (theatrical).—A term of
derision applied to the players
associated with the late T. W.
Robertson's comedies.
Cupboard Love, subs. phr. (popular).—Interested
affection: a
variant of the saw that 'the
way to a man's heart is through
his stomach.' Cf., Rice-Christian.
c. 1661. Poor Robin [Herrick]. A cupboard love is seldom true, A love sincere is found in few.
1787. Miss Seward, Letters [ed. 1811], vol. II., p. 103. This last and long-enduring passion [of Dr. Johnson] for Mrs. Thrale was, however, composed perhaps of cupboard love, Platonic love, and vanity tickled and gratified.
1885. Girl's Own Paper, VI., 830. When tea-time comes and milk, she's not above Increasing her caresses, till we hear A whisper now and then of cupboard love.
Cupid.—See Fancy Joseph.
Cups. In one's cups, adv. phr.
(colloquial).—Drunk. Cf., Cup-shot,
and for synonyms, see
Screwed.
1593. Nashe, Christ's Teares, in wks. IV., 228 (Grosart). Those whom the Sunne sees not in a month together, I nowe see in their cuppes and their jolitie.
1688. Shadwell, Sq. of Alsatia III., in wks. (1720), iv., 64. I shall take my leave: you are in your cups: you will wish you had heard me.
