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A History of the C-Word

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

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The History of Cunt

The earliest references are in place names and Bynames sort of surnames before there were surnames. There's a street now called magpie lane which in medieval times was called grope cunt lane. The China is probably much better known than vulva although actually what you see is the vulva And the China comes from the Latin meaning sheath or a scabbard. That's pretty much what vagina means.

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