crotch
noun/krɒtʃ/
/krɑːtʃ/
(also crutch)
- the part of the body where the legs join at the top, including the area around the genitalsTopics Bodyc2
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- the part of a pair of trousers, etc. that covers the crotch
- There's a hole in the crotch.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting an agricultural or garden fork, also a crutch): perhaps related to Old French croche ‘crozier, shepherd's crook’, based on Old Norse krókr ‘hook’; partly also a variant of crutch.
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