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Deodorant's place
Answer for the clue "Deodorant's place ", 8 letters:
underarm
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Word definitions for underarm in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. adverb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He was also the only player known to throw underarm . II. adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ underarm deodorant III. noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ She shaved her legs and underarms, and shampooed her hair.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level; "an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke" [syn: underhand , underhanded ] [ant: overhand ] adv. with the hand swung below shoulder level'; "throwing a ball underarm" [syn: underhand ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1816, "underhand" (in reference to a style of throwing), from under + arm (n.1). First attested 1908 in dressmaking sense of "seams on the lower half of the arm-hole;" as a euphemism for armpit , it is attested from 1930s, popularized by advertisers.
Usage examples of underarm.
The girl, body gleaming wetly, beads of foam upon head, pubes and underarms, rose lissomely from the surf and stood before him.
The girl Mary was indeed stimulating with her plump legs, milky skin, sharp pink nipples and fringe of pubic hair, carroty to match head and underarms.
The odor of sweating scalps and ripe underarms hung in the air like a damp mist.
The air in the locker room hangs heavy with the smells of underarms, deodorant, benzoin, camphonated powder, serious feet, old steam.
She'd gathered my balls up in her right hand, was massaging them, gently, ever so gently, her lips sucking on the skin of the underarm and I thought I'd go mad.
He managed to fight his way to the fringes of the crowd, his knowledge of baritsu proving less effective than a good underarm punch to the groin, but a flailing hand caught his cheek just as he thought he was clear.
She took her time, washing her hair, shaving her underarms and legs-an American habit she’d never lost-then smoothing scented lotion all over herself before blow-drying her hair and brushing her teeth.
Simmons was on the left of the elevator, and as he prepared to give its passenger a warning, Kuhl pivoted toward him, stepped in close under his gun arm, and brought his own pistol up to Simmons's side, pushing the muzzle between his fourth rib and underarm, where he knew the straps of his soft ballistic vest would leave an unprotected gap.
Then, concentrating on the underarm, breast, and crotch areas, she inhaled body odors left by the wearer: perfume, sweat, intimate secretions.
Being a woman is worse than being a farmer there is so much harvesting and crop spraying to be done: legs to be waxed, underarms shaved, eyebrows plucked, feet pumiced, skin exfoliated and moisturized, spots cleansed, roots dyed, eyelashes tinted, nails filed, cellulite massaged, stomach muscles exercised.
The malignant melanoma form, which does kill, affects places like the soles of the feet and underarm as well as exposed areas, and there is more of it in Sweden than in Spain.
I went into the bedroom, picked the jacket off the bed and transferred the Luger from my trousers into its built-in underarm holster, fastening it there with a press stud on a strap.
Holly Thorne was at a private elementary school on the west side of Portland to interview a teacher, Louise Tarvohl, who had sold a book of poetry to a major New York publisher, not an easy feat in an age when most people's knowledge of poetry was limited to the lyrics of pop songs and occasional rhyming television ads for dog food, underarm deodorant, or steel-belted radial tires.
She shampooed her hair three times, then conditioned it, shaved her legs and underarms, then rinsed.
The television channel abruptly switched to a commercial extolling the virtues of an underarm deodorant.