GR translation: guiches

[Michael Bailey]

On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 1:37 PM Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
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> I think the idea is “curls”
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> https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/guiche
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> EtymologyFrom French <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language> *guiche
> <https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/guiche#French>* (“a strap; a kiss-curl”)
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> Noun(*plural* *guiches <https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/guiches#English>*
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>    1. (slang <https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang>)
>    Perineum <https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/perineum>.
>    2. A kiss-curl <https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/kiss-curl>.
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> What is a kiss-curl?
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> *kiss <https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/kiss#English> curl
> <https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/curl#English>* (*plural* *kiss curls
> <https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/kiss_curls#English>*)
> <https://en.m.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=kiss_curl&action=edit&section=2>
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>    1. A spiral <https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/spiral>-shaped curl
>    <https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/curl> of hair
>    <https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/hair> upon the forehead
>    <https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/forehead>.Synonyms: love curl
>    <https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/love_curl#English>, (obsolete UK
>    slang)Newgate knocker
>    <https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Newgate_knocker#English>, (obsolete
>    UK slang)aggravator
>    <https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/aggravator#English>, (obsolete UK
>    slang) number six <https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/number_six#English>
>    , (when worn by a woman) beau-catcher
>    <https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/beau-catcher#English>, spit curl
>    <https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/spit_curl#English>
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> A *guiche piercing* is a body piercingthrough the perineum. Guiche
> piercings are much more common in men than in women. Although a guiche
> normally runs perpendicular to the direction of the penis, lateral
> placements are possible. A series of guiche piercings in parallel to the
> direction of the penis is called a guiche ladder, and might commonly be
> seen as an extension of a frenum ladder.
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> On Sat, Nov 9, 2024 at 10:27 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
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>> V186.2-6, P188.11-15  Well . . . she must have come out of the sea. At
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>> distance, some 20 meters, she is only a dim figure in a black bombazine
>> frock that reaches to her knees, her bare legs long and straight, a short
>> hood of bright blonde hair keeping her face in shadow, coming up in
>> guiches
>> to touch her cheeks.
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>> What are "guiches" exactly? I can't find the word in the dictionary.
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