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dip one's pen in someone's inkwell

dip one's pen in someone's inkwell verb: to have sex with (someone).

Verb

dip one's pen in someone's inkwell (third-person singular simple present dips one's pen in someone's inkwell, present participle dipping one's pen in someone's inkwell, simple past and past participle dipped one's pen in someone's inkwell)

  1. (euphemistic) To have sex with (someone).
    • Pretty much everyone who dropped by Alaska dipped their pen in my ancestors' inkwell, from the Russians on down.2002, Dana Stabenow, A Fine and Bitter Snow, →ISBN, page 190
    • Watching me ogling the lovely waitresses' movements, this Greek philosopher -- who happened to be my mother's brother—-advised me, “Never dip your pen in the local inkwell while at work.”2014, George M. Goritz, Shakespeare, Wall Street and My Arabian Nights Adventures, →ISBN, pages 101–102

Synonyms of dip one's pen in someone's inkwell

Forms of dip one's pen in someone's inkwell

third-person singular presentdips one's pen in someone's inkwell
present participledipping one's pen in someone's inkwell
past participledipped one's pen in someone's inkwell
pastdipped one's pen in someone's inkwell

Questions about dip one's pen in someone's inkwell

What does dip one's pen in someone's inkwell mean?
Dip one's pen in someone's inkwell means to have sex with (someone).
What part of speech is dip one's pen in someone's inkwell?
Dip one's pen in someone's inkwell is a verb.
What is the past tense of dip one's pen in someone's inkwell?
The past tense of dip one's pen in someone's inkwell is dipped one's pen in someone's inkwell.

Words near dip one's pen in someone's inkwell in the dictionary

  1. dip netter
  2. dip netters
  3. dip of the horizon
  4. dip of the needle
  5. dip one's finger in
  6. dip one's pen in someone's inkwell
  7. dip one's toe in
  8. dip one's toe in the water
  9. dip one's wick
  10. dip out
  11. dip pen

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