coilon

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Middle English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French coillon (testicle). See cullion.

Noun[edit]

coilon (plural coilons)

  1. 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."
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants[edit]

  • English: cullion