mouse:

1. Informal term, popular in the 1930s and 1940s, for a young woman or girl . Implies a small, very feminine , demure , quiet or timid person who invites being cuddled. Also, one's wife or girlfriend .

QUOTES: The Garbage Man (Allen Jenkins) to the professors in Ball of Fire (1941): 'I could use a bundle of scratch right now on account I met me a mouse last week. What a pair of gams . A little in, a little out , and a little more out .' Also: 'The mouse is the dish . That's what I need the moula for. We'll be stepping me and the smooch ... I mean dish ... I mean mouse .'

2. Slang term for penis . See penis for synonyms.

QUOTES:

(1) To Matthew Broderick in The Night We Never Met (1993): ' Lisa leads you by the mouse .'

(2) Internet slogan: ' Let your mouse run wild .'

3. In UK prostitution jargon, to blackmail a customer.

4. A sanitary pad or tampon.

5. A bite mark on the skin , usually the neck , cause by sucking.

6. A black eye .

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