potloodventer

Dutch

Etymology

From potlood (pencil, euphemism for an erect penis) + venter (salesman, vendor, hawker)Category:Dutch compound terms#POTLOODVENTER. The sense for an exhibitionist originated as a slang term among the Dutch police.

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Noun

potloodventer m (plural potloodventers, diminutive potloodventertje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#POTLOODVENTERCategory:Dutch nouns#POTLOODVENTERCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#POTLOODVENTERCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#POTLOODVENTERCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#POTLOODVENTERCategory:Pages with entries#POTLOODVENTERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#POTLOODVENTER

  1. (somewhat humorousCategory:Dutch humorous terms#POTLOODVENTER) a male flasher, an exhibitionist who suddenly exposes his phallus [from 1970s]
    Eerst dachten we dat de man in de lange zwarte regenjas iemand uit de Matrix nabootste, maar hij maakte nonverbaal duidelijk dat hij een potloodventer was.
    At first we thought that the man in the long black raincoat imitated a character from the Matrix, but he made it clear in a nonverbal manner that he was a flasher.
    Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#POTLOODVENTER
  2. (literally, datedCategory:Dutch dated terms#POTLOODVENTER, rareCategory:Dutch terms with rare senses#POTLOODVENTER, now humorousCategory:Dutch humorous terms#POTLOODVENTER) a pencil vendor [from late 19th c.]

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