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get off at Haymarket

get off at Haymarket verb: to practise coitus interruptus, the withdrawal method of contraception.

Verb

get off at Haymarket (third-person singular simple present gets off at Haymarket, present participle getting off at Haymarket, simple past and past participle got off at Haymarket)

  1. (Scotland, euphemistic) To practise coitus interruptus, the withdrawal method of contraception.
    • John looked at a woman standing further down the carriage in bridal headdress surrounded by her hen party acolytes.
      ‘She's got the wrong aisle. At least she chose Virgin Trains. All train guards can marry folk you know. But the vows are only valid for the duration of the journey. You can always get...2014, Stuart Campbell, John McPake and the Sea Beggars
    • The thought that Lizzie and her man knew about getting off at Haymarket and other ways of delaying pregnancy occurred to Peggy for the first time.2014, Mary Easson, Black rigg, page 157
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, off, at, Haymarket.

Synonyms of get off at Haymarket

Forms of get off at Haymarket

third-person singular presentgets off at Haymarket
present participlegetting off at Haymarket
past participlegot off at Haymarket
pastgot off at Haymarket

Origin of get off at Haymarket

Haymarket railway station is the last station shortly before arrival into Edinburgh Waverley station when travelling from Glasgow.

Questions about get off at Haymarket

What does get off at Haymarket mean?
Get off at Haymarket means to practise coitus interruptus, the withdrawal method of contraception.
What part of speech is get off at Haymarket?
Get off at Haymarket is a verb.
What is the past tense of get off at Haymarket?
The past tense of get off at Haymarket is got off at Haymarket.

Words near get off at Haymarket in the dictionary

  1. get medieval
  2. get misty
  3. get moving
  4. get nowhere fast
  5. get off
  6. get off at Haymarket
  7. get off at Redfern
  8. get off lightly
  9. get off my lawn
  10. get off of someone's cloud
  11. get off on

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