Sheela-na-gig
/ˌʃiːlənəˈɡɪɡ
/noun
A medieval stone figure of a naked female with the legs wide apart and the hands emphasizing the genitals, found in churches in Britain and Ireland.This temple relief appeared in India during the same year European builders carved Sheela-na-gig on their churches....
- It has been all too easy in the past to see carvings of Sheela-na-gigs and other female exhibitionists as evidence of a pre-Christian religion.
- Another of his books, Images of Lust, was a guide to Sheela-na-gigs in Ireland.
Origin
From Irish Sile na gcíoch 'Julia of the breasts'.
- in the rough
- in the round
- in the saddle
- in the same (or next) breath
- in the second place
- in the sequel
- in the shape of
- in the shit
- in the short run (or term)
- in the soup
- in the swim
- in the teeth of
- in the throes of
- in the train of
- in the wake of
- in the wash
- in the way of
- in the whole (wide) world
- in the wings
- in the wink of an eye (or in a wink)
- in the works
- in the world
- in the wrong
- in the year of grace (or Our Lord) ——
- in this day and age