family jewels

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family jewels

  • /ˌfæ.m(ɪ.)li ˈd͡ʒuː(ə)lz/

noun

  1. euphemistic, idiomatic, plural, plural only The testicles. The whole crowd cringed as he got hit right in the family jewels.

    Similar: crown jewels, diamonds

  2. plural, plural only Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see family, jewels.

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noun testicles

Françaisbijoux de famille
Italianogioielli di famiglia

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@misc{family_jewels_2026,
  title = {family jewels},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/family%20jewels},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}