Interesting fact: in medieval french, drilling the dice was called "tailler une pipe" ( roughly: "to carve a pipe" ). It then became a phrase meaning simply "to cheat". Male prostitutes used to consider that giving head to a client was a way to cheat him ( to avoid being fucked all night by clients ). Now, in modern French, "tailler une pipe" means "to give a blowjob" and almost nobody knows why.
And 0 of the several french sites I just checked gave your explanation. A cheating die in French is a "dé pipé", but that's probably unrelated to the fellatio.
"Tailler une pipe" is more likely a combination of "faire une pipe" (when pipe was kinda synonymous to cigarette) and "tailler une plume". Both activities requiring delicate finger movements the usage of the tongue.
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u/lisael_ 5d ago
Interesting fact: in medieval french, drilling the dice was called "tailler une pipe" ( roughly: "to carve a pipe" ). It then became a phrase meaning simply "to cheat". Male prostitutes used to consider that giving head to a client was a way to cheat him ( to avoid being fucked all night by clients ). Now, in modern French, "tailler une pipe" means "to give a blowjob" and almost nobody knows why.