family jewels

Meanings

nounfamily jewels pl (plural only)

euphemisticidiomaticpluralplural onlyThe testicles.
The whole crowd cringed as he got hit right in the family jewels.
1 more example
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."
1971 July 5, R. Z. Sheppard, “Three's a Crowd”, in Time
Synonyms: crown jewels, diamonds
pluralplural onlyUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see family, jewels.

nounThe testicles.

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nounexternal male sex organs

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male genitaliamale genitalsmale genital organ

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Finnish perhekalleudet

French bijoux de famille

Italian gioielli di famiglia

Polish klejnoty, klejnoty rodowe

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