Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A female ferret. · Misspelling of gill. · A pelvic protector, a woman’s equivalent of a man’s jock.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo masturbate.
From the female name Jill. * (to masturbate): By analogy with jack (off). See Jack (“male name”). * (gill): Paired with jack (from the male name Jack) as terms for alcohol measurements. * (pelvic protector): By analogy with jock, Jock being a male name.
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