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Answer for the clue "Contraceptive device consisting of a thin rubber or latex sheath worn over the penis during intercourse ", 6 letters:
condom

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Word definitions for condom in dictionaries

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES female condom

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1706, traditionally named for a British physician during reign of Charles II (a story traceable to 1709), but there is no evidence for that. Also spelled condam , quondam , which suggests it may be from Italian guantone, from guanto "a glove." A word omitted ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A condom is a contraceptive device. Condom may also refer to: People Jean Condom (born 1960), French international rugby union player Places Condom, Gers (AKA Condom-en-Armagnac), a commune in the department of Gers (of which it is a subprefecture) in southwestern ...

Usage examples of condom.

The box of condoms Jacob had presented Simon with the day after catching Amanda sleeping in his arms winked up at him, but it was the antistatic straps he had stashed there at some point that interested him at the moment.

They, of course, were not the ones who had given that thundering market its bad reputation but more recent peddlers who made illegal sales of all kinds of questionable merchandise smuggled in on European ships, from obscene postcards and aphrodisiac ointments to the famous Catalonian condoms with iguana crests that fluttered when circumstances required or with flowers at the tip that would open their petals at the will of the user.

Vigor brand Russian-made condoms, a few soiled, dogeared cards from less-than-reputable Moscow clubs known for the sexual hijinks that took place in private back rooms--Tarnapolsky had a small collection of such cartes de vi site--and, the crowning touch, a half-used tube of ointment customarily used to treat the topical manifestation of certain more benign sexually communicable diseases.

He interfered, for instance, when Hotten Sonntag, having found a condom in Steffenspark, brought it to class mounted on a branch, and stretched it over our classroom doorknob.

Instead, on February 14, 2002, Secretary of State Colin Powell trotted out a line from the liberal playbook, telling an audience of teenagers on MTV to use condoms!

The most effective approach was a bold presentation of explicit sex education and the use of condoms to prevent the infection, combined with inexpensive retroviral treatment of pregnant women to reduce the incidence of HIV infection among their newborn babies.

Next to the rusted tracks and between the even rustier I-beams, the floor is covered with condom wrappers, cigarette butts, and at least two used hypodermic needles.

Sachs recovered samples of a dozen different junk foods and sodas, as well as proof of his darker appetites: condoms, duct tape and rags, presumably to use as gags.

Johnson consumer division settled Federal Trade Commission charges that, in order to promote its spermicidal jelly K-Y PLUS Nonoxynol-9, it made false advertising claims that exaggerated the failure rate of condoms.

When it hits, both condoms should break open mixing the two chemicals.

I thought of condoms afterwards because I realized how exposed I was to pregnancy.

As the chocolate and meat mix started to force its way out I fought to keep control, wanting to catch the insurance policy, wrapped in two condoms and inserted up my ass with the aid of some Helsinki hotel soap.

Women buy a lot of the condoms sold in this country, did you know that?

Theres also a supply of condoms in assorted colors and some strawberry-flavored lubricant in here somewhere.

His next thought concerned the small package of condoms he had tucked into the glove compartment of his car a few days ago.