Definitions
1.nounUsed to replace a word that might be considered unacceptable in a particular situation, when using a well-known phrase.
2.nounThe groin or the testicles."You'll find they've got you by the proverbials."
3.adjectiveOf, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale.
4.adjectiveNot used in a literal sense, but as the subject of a well-known metaphor."proverbial spilled milk"
5.adjectiveWidely known; famous; stereotypical."I grew up in a prefab house on Main Street in 1950s suburbia, the second and last child of a proverbial nuclear family."