civet n.[the musky odour of civet, used in perfumes and viewed as overtly erotic; thus civet-cat, a general term of abuse for a women seen as too (threateningly) sexy, e.g. as used by Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) of Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923)]the vagina.Show quotations1890–1904Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues. 1937–84Partridge DSUE (1984) 220/2: C.18–19.
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