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plumber's crack

plumber's crack noun: an intergluteal cleft visible due to low-riding pants, especially when one is bending over.

plumber's crack: an intergluteal cleft visible due to low-riding pants, especially when one is bending over
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Noun

plumber's crack

  1. (slang) An intergluteal cleft visible due to low-riding pants, especially when one is bending over.
    • Very classy: visible thong and plumber's crack.2008, Insults and Comebacks, Venice, California: Knock Knock, page 27
    • Marty comes on for the next number, but he spazzes out and drops his violin. The barely interested crowd gets just interested enough to yell some insults when he crouches to replug it with his plumber's crack displaying.2010, Jennifer Egan, “Ask Me if I Care”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad

Questions about plumber's crack

What does plumber's crack mean?
Plumber's crack means an intergluteal cleft visible due to low-riding pants, especially when one is bending over.
What part of speech is plumber's crack?
Plumber's crack is a noun.

Words near plumber's crack in the dictionary

  1. plumber wrench
  2. plumber wrenches
  3. plumber's box
  4. plumber's butt
  5. plumber's cleavage
  6. plumber's crack
  7. plumber's friend
  8. plumber's friends
  9. plumber's helper
  10. plumber's helpers
  11. plumber's smile

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