horizontal refreshments
nounUK /ˌhɒ.ɹɪˈzɒn.təl ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ.mənts/ · US /ˌhɔː.ɹəˈzɑːn.təl ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ.mənts/
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Euphemistic, Idiomatic Sexual intercourse.
- The cold, during the winter night, is very severe, and the sentinels are frequently obliged to be relieved every half-hour, and the officers, so long as they possess the "prima flora juvenus," may enjoy horizontal refreshments in peace; but when they obtained those manly appendages, yclept whiskers, find that turing in bed becomes hopeless, and being "brought up with a round turn," discover that they have become frozen to the sheets.1846 January 23, Richard George Augustus Levinge, “Echoes from the Backwoods”, in The New Monthly Magazine, volume 76, number 301, chapter 2, page 38:
- Here at The Federalist, we talk about sex a lot as is. Join us this week for some additional fun and deep-thinking about, well, you know — dancing in the sheets, horizontal refreshments, the beast with two backs, Blitzkrieg mit dem fleischgewehr, gland to gland combat, and more.2015 February 9, Mollie Hemingway, “A Sex Week For The Rest Of Us”, in The Federalist, retrieved 01 Jun 2017:
- Synonyms
- copulation
- Related terms
- horizontal dancing, horizontal tango, horizontal jogging, horizontal mambo