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DPs


speedo style bathers.

Contributor's comments: [Sydney informant] I remember during my teens a friend's mother referring to DPs. When I asked what they were, my friend explained that his mother was too polite to say "dick pokers." I'd heard of dick stickers before, but this one was new to me.

Contributor's comments: I came from Wollongong, and the term most often used was DP's - short for Dick Pointers (for obvious reasons).

Contributor's comments: When I was at school we used to call them D.P.'s - Dick Pokers, Wollongong NSW.