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dirty pillow

dirty pillow noun: a breast, especially a woman's breast.

Noun

dirty pillow (plural dirty pillows)

  1. (slang, generally plural) A breast, especially a woman's breast.
    • "I can see your dirtypillows. Everyone will. They'll be looking at your body. The Book says—"
      "Those are my breasts, Momma. Every woman has them."1974, Stephen King, Carrie, New York: New American Library, →ISBN, page 98
    • Sorry, love. I got stuck in your dirty pillows.1999, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (film)
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dirty, pillow.
    • the patient did not wake, but tossed about on the dirty pillow, and grew hotter every moment.1863 August, “Way down in Dixie”, in The Knickerbocker, volume 62, page 144
    Synonyms:
    breasts

Synonyms of dirty pillow

Forms of dirty pillow

pluraldirty pillows

Origin of dirty pillow

Coined as "dirtypillows" by Stephen King in the novel Carrie (1974); see citation below.

Questions about dirty pillow

What does dirty pillow mean?
Dirty pillow means a breast, especially a woman's breast.
What part of speech is dirty pillow?
Dirty pillow is a noun.
What is the plural of dirty pillow?
The plural of dirty pillow is dirty pillows.

Words near dirty pillow in the dictionary

  1. dirty money
  2. dirty mouth
  3. dirty mouths
  4. dirty old man
  5. dirty old men
  6. dirty pillow
  7. dirty pillows
  8. dirty pint
  9. dirty pints
  10. dirty pool
  11. dirty power

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