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cod·piece (käd′pēs′)

noun

a bag or flap fastened over the front opening in the tight breeches worn by men in the 15th and 16th cent.

Etymology: cod + piece

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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