berries n.
1. (US) beans.
L.A. Times 22 Apr. III 22: Beans are apt to be called ‘bullets’ or ‘berries’ in the army, according to their condition. |
2. the testicles [Williams notes a number of 17C sexual riddles in which a berry represents the penis].
Maledicta VI 23: Testicles [...] berries. | ||
Shame the Devil 165: Sounds like someone’s pullin’ hard on that singer’s berries. | ||
Pulp Ink [ebook] [They] shot you in the ass and kicked you in the berries. | ‘Jack Rabbit Slim’s Cellar’ in
3. (US black) wine.
Runnin’ Down Some Lines 187: There are many vernacular terms for wine — the grapes, the berries, the vine [...] smash. |
4. see berry n.1 (3)