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__NOTOC__ thumb|A merkin (with flashlight) worn by a woman to cover her pubic area.

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__NOTOC__ thumb|A merkin (with flashlight) worn by a woman to cover her pubic area.

A merkin is a pubic wig. Merkins were worn by people after shaving their mons pubis, and are used as decorative items or erotic devices by both women and men.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “merkin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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