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Fruit of your loinsMeaningOne's children. OriginFrom the Bible, Genesis 35:11 (King James Version):
Should you be asked to 'gird up your loins', or otherwise wonder where your loins are exactly, you could refer to this rather coy definition from the OED:
That is what might have been called in the UK throughout most of the 20th century as 'the nether regions', and more recently 'the wobbly bits'.
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