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Armpit

//ˈɑɹmˌpɪt// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.

    "She stood a couple of feet away from me […] exposing an edge of brassière strap at her armpit―exposing the armpit itself, a muscular hollow shadowed with fine stubble and faintly streaked with talcum."

  2. 2
    the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder wordnet
  3. 3
    Somewhere or something unpleasant or undesirable. colloquial, derogatory

    "the armpit of America"

Etymology

From Middle English armpitt, arme-pitt, armput, equivalent to arm + pit. (something unpleasant): Presumably a reference to underarm body odor.

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