hatchway n.
(orig. naut.)1. the mouth.
![]() | Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
![]() | Leicester Jrnl 4 Dec. 4/5: D’ye sose I’ll close up the hatchway of my mouth? If so, may old Davy Jones sink me in his locker. | |
![]() | Dict. of Sl., Jargon and Cant. |
2. the vagina.
![]() | Sl. and Its Analogues. | |
![]() | DSUE (1984) 535: [...] from ca. 1865. |