"crotchful" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: crotchfuls [plural]
Etymology: crotch + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|crotch|ful|pos=noun}} crotch + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun}} crotchful (plural crotchfuls)
  1. (colloquial) An amount sufficient to fill a person's crotch. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-crotchful-en-noun-XU4amiwz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2016, Lisa Kotin, My Confection: Odyssey of a Sugar Addict, page 155",
          "text": "They'd treat me with antibiotics, which always worked immediately—except for the raging yeast infections left in their wake. When I was not holding a guy between my legs, I was holding an ice pack or a crotchful of Monistat.",
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