Meanings
- slangThe clitoris.
I'm sorry, Mayor, but I couldn't find the little man in the boat.
1998 June 24, “Summer Sucks”, in South Park, season 2, episode 8, spoken by Officer Barbrady1 more example
“You shitheads know how to eat pussy?” He sprayed the nearest among us with spittle.[…]“What you do,” continued Kennington in high bellow, “what you do is get down there and find the little man in the boat. That's who you gotta find. The little man in the boat.”
2011, P. G. Sturges, Shortcut Man, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 63Synonyms: boy in the boat, bean, butter bean, boy in the boat, button, clit, clitoris, devil's doorbell
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe clitoris.
Origin
From its physical appearance.
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