subs. phr. (common).—1.  Dead and gone to heaven: cf. quot. and Luke xvi. 22.

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  1599.  SHAKESPEARE, Henry V., ii. 3. Nay, sure [Falstaff’s] not in hell: he’s in Arthur’s bosom, if ever man went to Arthur’s bosom.

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  2.  (venery).—The female pudendum: see MONOSYLLABLE.

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