nether parts

nether parts
   the genitalia
   Literally, the lower parts, but not of the feet or ankles:
    And when he approached me he was unclothed, and his hair concealed his nether parts. (Dalrymple, 1997)
   Also as nether regions. Shakespeare uses the Netherlands, punning vulgarly on the 'Low Countries':
    The Netherlands? — O, sir, I did not look so low. (The Comedy of Errors)

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