chinese hedgehog
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A species of hedgehog, Erinaceus amurensis, native to eastern China, Russia, Manchuria, and the Korean Peninsula.
Obsolete
noun
A type of sexual apparatus consisting of a ring and feathers, attached to the penis before sexual intercourse.
Obsolete
Example Sentences
- "In the first place let us describe the “Chinese hedge-hog”. This is a wreath of fine soft feathers, with their quills solidly fastened by silver wire to a ring of the same metal, made in various sizes, and sufficiently large to slip over the gland, when the penis is not in erection, and small enough to be stopped by the ring of the gland when the penis is erect. This machine sensibly increases the size of the penis, aud [sic] it will be easily understood that the friction of the feathers against the mucous surface of the vagina produces sensations of a peculiar effect."
- "Somewhat similar is the “Chinese hedge-hog,” a wreath of fine soft feathers with the quills solidly fastened by silver wire to a ring of the same metal, which is slipped over the glans."
- "Various lewd contrivances, among them the Chinese ‘hedge-hog,’ ovoid objects, and similar apparatus have all been perversely used as amatory stimulants."