hummy

hummy
 n.— «“He said the magazine was interested in publishing some of my hummingbird photos.”…The magazine featured a page of text and what English fondly refers to as her “centerfold of hummies.”» —“Local photographer featured in national photo magazine” by Ray Mitchell Carmi Times (Illinois) Dec. 29, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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