fish bag

fish bag
 n.— «In some parts they are used as decorative bangles and at times it is derisively referred to as a “fish bag”—but female condom usage seems to be rising in South Africa, its second largest market in the world.» —“Female condoms on the up in SA” News 24 (Cape Town, South Africa) Aug. 30, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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