ANST - Merkin?

[Jerry Norris]

At 01:46 pm 4/15/98 -0500, Pug wrote:
>Dennis Grace said something that sounded like:
>> >Okay, recently we found out what a merkin is. I'd like to know *why*.
>> >Anyone know? Gio? (Since you seemed to know the most about them.)
>> That depends.  What do you mean by "why?"  Do you mean "why do we have a
>> heraldic term for the female pubic patch?" or just "why is it called that?"
>
>That's odd. The dictionary we checked had it listed as a wig for the
>female pubic area.
>
>Ciao,

Webster's Dictionary has that as the original meaning, but "afterwards"
merkin is defined as the mop used to clean a cannon.  

I dunno.  The last definition would seem to work in both situations to me
.....


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