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pizzle

[ piz-uhl ]

noun

  1. the penis of an animal, especially a bull.
  2. a whip made from a bull's pizzle.


pizzle

/ ˈpɪzəl /

noun

  1. archaic.
    the penis of an animal, esp a bull
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pizzle1

1515–25; probably < dialectal Dutch pezel or Low German pēsel, equivalent to Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pēs ( e ) ( Dutch pees ) tendon, sinew + -el diminutive suffix; -le
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pizzle1

C16: of Germanic origin; compare Low German pēsel, Flemish pēzel, Middle Dutch pēze sinew
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Example Sentences

Mr. Stephens compares Mr. Trump to Falstaff, although Mr. Trump and his caustic tweets hardly compare to Falstaff’s insults hurled toward Prince Hal: “you starveling, you elfskin, you dried neat’s tongue, you bull’s pizzle, you stockfish! ... You tailor’s-yard, you sheath, you bowcase, you vile standing tuck.”

The film is littered with catchphrases – “The royal penis is clean, your Highness”, “Freeze, you diseased rhinoceros pizzle” – and there is a call-back to Trading Places that blew my mind.

Photograph: Kasper Fogh Hansen Solving the pizzle puzzle The adventurous diner is greatly rewarded at Bror restaurant in Copenhagen.

After almost two years of kitchen experiments, Nutter and fellow co-owner Victor Wagman cracked the code of the pizzle and developed a recipe for crispy bull’s penis: they brine it, cook it, take off the skin, roll it in cling film, freeze it, slice it into thin discs, dry these out and then drop them into the deep-fryer.

After he acquired a bull’s “pizzle” in 1974, he started to receive penis specimens as joke gifts — and then, he tried to diversify his collection, and eventually complete it.

From Time

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