"family jewels" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-family jewels.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p|head=family jewels}} family jewels pl (plural only)
  1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) Testicles. Tags: euphemistic, idiomatic, plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Genitalia Synonyms: crown jewels, diamonds Translations (testicles): perhekalleudet (Finnish), bijoux de famille [masculine, plural] (French), facenda [feminine] (Galician), klejnoty [feminine, plural] (Polish), klejnoty rodowe [feminine, plural] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-family_jewels-en-noun-cpgZmlXz Disambiguation of Genitalia: 96 4 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 92 8 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'testicles': 100 0
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see family, jewels. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-family_jewels-en-noun-lyvrKNY9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms (Family Jewels (Central Intelligence Agency)): a set of reports on the CIA's illegal activities
Disambiguation of 'Family Jewels (Central Intelligence Agency)': 52 48

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