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  • noun The coccyx.

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Examples

  • You don't need the details, you horny pervs ... but I will say this, it's nice to hear "my tailbone is a little sore, but it was worth every orgasm."

    Because The Remake Of The Original Wasn't Bad Enough madeofmeat 2006

  • Said ampleness was apparently not enough cushioning to compensate for speed of descent, and being dragged a few feet, so our tailbone is more than a little bruised.

    Archive 2006-03-01 2006

  • And my tailbone is better today, but my neck is stiffer.

    5 hours 2005

  • And my tailbone is better today, but my neck is stiffer.

    March 2005 2005

  • Not only did I have a pretty major sciatica attack, robbing me for 4 dys of the comfort of ANY comfortable position – I even tried leaning fully over the counter – my tailbone is a stubborn bitch and is still making its cranky presence known.

    Pain in the ass blogger « The Life and Times of Organic Mama 2008

  • Humans also have many other useless, vestigial organs such as nip_ples and mammary glands on males like all mammals and the tailbone, which is just a holdover from when our primate ancestors actually had tails millions of years ago.

    CNN.com 2010

  • Humans also have many other useless, vestigial organs such as nip_ples and mammary glands on males like all mammals and the tailbone, which is just a holdover from when our primate ancestors actually had tails millions of years ago.

    CNN.com 2010

  • Humans also have many other useless, vestigial organs such as nip_ples and mammary glands on males like all mammals and the tailbone, which is just a holdover from when our primate ancestors actually had tails millions of years ago.

    CNN.com 2010

  • See that little hump right in the middle between the knee bone and the tailbone is a tell tale sign of some real thickness.

    Us Versus Them 2008

  • and the tailbone, which is just a holdover from when our primate ancestors actually had tails millions of years ago.

    CNN.com 2010

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