the family jewels

plural noun

1

: jewelry that has been passed from one generation to another

She inherited the family jewels after the death of her grandmother.

2

informal + humorous : a man's sexual organs

Examples of the family jewels in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Ben responds by kicking him in the family jewels. — Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026

Guendalina soon ran off with a croupier, taking her husband’s fortune with her, including, ironically, the family jewels. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

These are not the family jewels King Charles III waited for his whole life. — Yelena Moroz Alpert, House Beautiful, 7 May 2023

Rhymes for the family jewels

• accruals
• renewals
• synfuels
• biofuels
• duals
• duels
• fuels
• homosexuals