twitchet

See also: Twitchet

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from twitch +‎ -et. First attested in the late 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwɪt͡ʃɪt/

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Noun

twitchet (plural twitchets)

1. (US slang, dialectal) The vulva or vagina.
   • 1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug:

     ‘Now I aint one of these twitchet-struck tomcats who's got it on his mind day in and day out, but I'm a man, goddammit, and you showed me what it's like for the first time to enjoy bein a man.’

   • 1976, Vance Randolph, Pissing in the Snow and Other Ozark Folktales, page 138:

     The country boy felt of her legs, and patted her bottom, and kissed her bubbies, and then he begun to tickle her twitchet.