subs. (venery).—1.  The female pudendum. For synonyms, see MONOSYLLABLE. (2) The penis. For synonyms, see CREAMSTICK and PRICK.

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  3.  (common).—A bicycle or tricycle; a carriage; (Scots’) and (in America) a fire-engine.

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  d. 1797.  WALPOLE, Letters, IV. 12. Will set out to-morrow morning in the MACHINE that goes from the Queen’s Head in the Gray’s Inn Lane.

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  1871.  DE VERE, Americanisms, p. 325. A special kind of rowdy known only in America is the b’hoy that runs wid de MACHINE … the fire-engine.

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  1884.  The Field, 6 Dec. As we proceeded the MACHINE became more of an encumbrance.

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  4.  (old).—A cundum; a FRENCH LETTER (q.v.).

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  1811.  GROSE and CLARKE, Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.

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  5.  (American politics).—A party; a party organization.

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