see someone's etchings

English

Verb

see someone's etchings (third-person singular simple present sees someone's etchings, present participle seeing someone's etchings, simple past saw someone's etchings, past participle seen someone's etchings)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, innuendo) To have sex with (someone).
    Synonym: view someone's etchings
    Would you like to see my etchings?

Usage notes

  • Ian Stuart-Hamilton's An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions notes that this is rarely used as "an invitation to have sexual intercourse",[1] presumably speaking of real-life situations. However, this sense remains common in fiction.

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References

  1. ^ Ian Stuart-Hamilton, "Come up and see my etchings", An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions, Jessia Kingsley Publishrs (3rd ed. 2007, 1st ed. from 2004), →ISBN, page 60.
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