fork n Cp EDD ~ 4 'bifurcation of ... human body' So D for sense 1.
   1 Crotch.
   P 256-66 [said of a woman disguised as a man during mummers' visit] I know he's a maid, sure—he got a soft fork. M 71-104 The fork of a pair of pants or the fork of a person's legs. 1975 GUY 53 I had up a pair of them 93 cent panty hose on the five-minute super special and I had half a mind to have 'em but this other streel, she grabbed hold of one leg and we took 'em in two at the fork. P 141-77 Ferks or firks: the crotch of a pair of trousers.
   2 Comb fork (and kissing) kin: close blood relations; cousins.
   1972 Evening Telegram 28 June, p. 3 There are three separate spider webs holding St John's together. One is lawyers. Two is fork and kissin' kin. And three is the fraternity of captains of commerce. P 188-75 [With hiring practice] in the old days, 'twas a lot of father and son and what we used to call fork relations.

Go Back