"tract of land" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tracts of land [plural]
Etymology: From a Monty Python sketch in which it is said of an eligible young woman that "she's got huge... tracts of land". Head templates: {{en-noun|tracts of land}} tract of land (plural tracts of land)
  1. (humorous, euphemistic, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast. Tags: euphemistic, humorous, in-plural
    Sense id: en-tract_of_land-en-noun-NqL3Aq-T Categories (other): English euphemisms
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tract, of, land. Synonyms: breasts
    Sense id: en-tract_of_land-en-noun-wXQhchfE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77

Inflected forms

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