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casting couches

casting couches is the plural of casting couch.

Meaning of casting couch

Noun

casting couch (plural casting couches)

  1. (euphemistic) The now illegal practice of soliciting sexual favors from a job applicant in exchange for employment, particularly in the entertainment industry.
    • ...when a writing test at a radio station turned into the casting-couch routine. She was typing a piece of copy when she realized the station manager had locked the door and was caressing her shoulders.1978 June, Caryl Rivers, “Sexual Harassment: The executive's alternative to rape”, in Mother Jones Magazine, volume 3, number 5, page 22
  2. (slang) An actual couch or sofa used for this practice.
    • There was a wide damask covered divan in a shadowy corner, like a casting couch.1940, Raymond Chandler, chapter 8, in Farewell, My Lovely

Questions about casting couches

What is casting couches the plural of?
Casting couches is the plural of casting couch.

Words near casting couches in the dictionary

  1. casting back
  2. casting call
  3. casting calls
  4. casting caution to the wind
  5. casting couch
  6. casting couches
  7. casting down
  8. casting in someone's teeth
  9. casting light on
  10. casting loose
  11. casting net

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