Note 96 — THE PIKE’S HEAD.95
Reading edition
The text says: ce cher petit, which may be interpreted as referring to the wife’s pudendum. C.f. Le petit je ne sais quoi (“My~little~what’s~its~name”), a common erotic term for the parts concerned. (Farmer: Slang and its Analogues; Landes: Glossaire Érotique; and Le petit Citateur: Notes Érotiques et Pornographiques.) The last authority considers that the word trou (hole) would be understood in the text. Trou, of course, is a common French erotic term for the feminine pudendum. On the other hand, the word jeu (game) may be understood, which would be equally applicable. C.f. Farmer (Slang, etc., vol. 3, p. 110): “The first game ever played,” i.e., copulation. Also Landes (Gloss. Érot.): “Game: employed in an obscene sense to denote the sexual act.”