See pillow-biter on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From the trial of Jeremy Thorpe, where Norman Scott, indicating his reluctant participation in receptive homosexual activity, said \"I just bit the pillow, I tried not to scream because I was frightened of waking Mrs Thorpe.\"",
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"ref": "2002, Mark A. Roeder, Keeper of Secrets:",
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},
{
"ref": "2003, D. B. C. Pierre, Vernon God Little:",
"text": "‘You a pillow-biter or what?’ ‘Hell no. I just think you're too young, that's all.’",
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},
{
"ref": "2004, Paul Matthew St. Pierre, A Portrait of the Artist As Australian: L'œuvre Bizarre de Barry Humphries:",
"text": "... a stuffed shirt, a raving pillow-biter or a looney old lezzo with a face like a half-sucked mango, ...",
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}
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"Synonym of bottom: A homosexual man who engages in passive anal sex."
],
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"(derogatory or humorous) Synonym of bottom: A homosexual man who engages in passive anal sex."
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"code": "he",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "es",
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],
"word": "muerdealmohadas"
},
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"code": "sv",
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"common-gender"
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"word": "kuddbitare"
}
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"ref": "2002, Mark A. Roeder, Keeper of Secrets:",
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"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2003, D. B. C. Pierre, Vernon God Little:",
"text": "‘You a pillow-biter or what?’ ‘Hell no. I just think you're too young, that's all.’",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2004, Paul Matthew St. Pierre, A Portrait of the Artist As Australian: L'œuvre Bizarre de Barry Humphries:",
"text": "... a stuffed shirt, a raving pillow-biter or a looney old lezzo with a face like a half-sucked mango, ...",
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"Synonym of bottom: A homosexual man who engages in passive anal sex."
],
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[
"humorous",
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],
[
"anal sex",
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],
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],
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"translations": [
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "noshech kariyot",
"sense": "Translations",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "נושך כריות"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bardaje"
},
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"code": "es",
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"singular"
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"word": "muerdealmohadas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"tags": [
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"word": "kuddbitare"
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"word": "pillow-biter"
}
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