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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

neth·er re·gions • pl. n. the lowest or furthest parts of a place, esp. with allusion to hell or the underworld: rumors of strange creatures hauting the lake's bottomless nether regions. ∎ (one's nether regions) used euphemistically to refer to a person's genitals and buttocks.

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