Ballocks
testes.
Historical Examples
From them are descended the ballocks of Lorraine, which never dwell in codpieces, but fall down to the bottom of the breeches.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. Francois Rabelais
But, if the ballocks be marred, the whole race of human kind would forthwith perish, and be lost for ever.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. Francois Rabelais
plural noun, interjection, verb
a variant spelling of bollocks
n.
“testicles,” from Old English beallucas, plural diminutive of balle (see ball (n.1)).
interjection
Rubbish; nonsense (mid-1800s+)
noun
The testicles
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