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n. - (15th-16th century) a flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches.

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  • Och, "the figure added, in a different tone," and did you know as your codpiece are open? "
  • I've also heard he had a cuttlefish in his codpiece, which is likely where that cod-fishing rumor came from...he was trying to correct the fit!
  • Farewell, Friar John, I recommend the care of my codpiece to you.
  • As fake as his codpiece was, so was his "cakewalk" of an invasion.
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