coilon
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French coillon (“testicle”). See cullion.
Noun
coilon (plural coilons)
- A testicle.
- 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, "The Pardoner's Tale"
- "I wolde I hadde thy coilons in myn hond, In stede of relikes or of saintuarye."
- 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, "The Pardoner's Tale"
Descendants
- English: cullion
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