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bol⋅locks

[bol-uhks]
–noun
1. (used with a plural verb) Vulgar. ballocks.
2. (used with a singular or plural verb) British Vulgar. rubbish; nonsense; claptrap (often used interjectionally).

Origin:
1735–45; var. of ballocks
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bol·locks   (bŏl'əks)   
n.   Vulgar Slang
  1. The testicles.

  2. Nonsense.


[Middle English balloks; see bollix.]
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bollocks 
"testicles," 1744, also, in British slang, "nonsense," see bollix.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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