英语词汇crooked as a bull-s pizzle的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	crooked as a bull-s pizzle
词源	crooked as a bull’s pizzle. An old American expression from pioneer days in the 1800s. Pizzle means, of course, a penis.
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