![]() ![]() ![]() Those shared by "a fat man and woman in amorous congress." 14. Lobster KettleĪ woman who sleeps with soldiers coming in at port is said to "make a lobster kettle" of herself. Giving a girl a green gown can only happen in the grass. "Flyers" being shoes, this is to have sex while still dressed, or “without going to bed.” 11. Similar to "amorous congress" in that this was a gentler term suitable for even the noble classes to use, even if they only whispered it. "Grounsils" are foundation timbers, so to have sex on the floor. There is probably no way to use this in seriousness or discreetly, but there you have it. Face-MakingĪside from the obvious, this also comes from "making children," because babies have faces. One definition from the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue maintains the term’s original outdoorsy nature: “the man and woman are copulating in the ditch.” 6. "They left together, so they're probably at clicket." This was originally used only for foxes, but became less specific as more and more phrases for doing it were needed. "Yeah, we had a brush once." The emphasis here is on brevity just a fling, no big deal. "Rumor has it he found her bread and butter fashion with the neighbor." 4. Bread and ButterĪs the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue puts it, this refers to one person on top of the other. "Those two recently opened a basket-making shop." From a method of making children's stockings, in which knitting the heel is called basket-making. To say two people were engaged in amorous congress was by far the most polite option on the list, oftentimes serving as the definition for other, less discreet synonyms. While shoe-horning these into conversation today might prove difficult, these 17 synonyms for sex were used often enough in 19th-century England to earn a place in the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, a book for upper-crust Britons who had no idea what members of the lower classes were talking about. ![]()
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