雁がん首くび

noun

bowl and shank of a Japanese pipe

Refers specifically to the metal head of a kiseru (Japanese pipe), consisting of the bowl and the shank.

• 祖そ父ふの形かた見みの煙管きせるの雁がん首くびは銀ぎんでできている。

  The bowl and shank of my grandfather's keepsake kiseru are made of silver.

noun

neck; head

Colloquial, somewhat rough or jocular term for a person's neck or head. Often used in phrases like 雁首をそろえる (to line up together, often with a negative nuance).

• あいつら、また雁がん首くびそろえて何なにか企たくらんでるぞ。

  Those guys are lining up together again, plotting something.

• 酔よっ払ぱらって雁がん首くびを振ふりながら歩あるいている。

  He's walking along, drunk, swaying his head.