twat

twat
/twaht/, n. Slang (vulgar).
vulva.
[1650-60; perh. orig. dial. var. of *thwat, *thwot, presumed mod. E outcome of OE *thwat, akin to ON thveit cut, slit, forest clearing ( > E dial. (N England) thwaite forest clearing)]

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