parsley bed

parsley bed
   obsolete
   the place where new girl babies are found EDD defines it as 'A euphemism for the uterus' but the ensuing quotation and dissertation do not support the definition (vol. iv, p. 427). Parsley seeds itself and, like the gooseberry bushes which provided similar antenatal accommodation for boys, thrives without weeding, resulting in unkempt areas in many Victorian gardens where the stork might discreetly drop its bundle:
    How do babies come? What is the parsley bed the nurses and doctors say they come out of? (Pearsall, 1969, quoting from 1879)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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