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petting parties

petting parties is the plural of petting party.

Meaning of petting party

Noun

petting party (plural petting parties)

  1. (US, historical) A type of sex party in 1920s flapper culture.
    • On the Triangle trip Amory had come into constant contact with that great current American phenomenon, the “petting party.” None of the Victorian mothers—and most of the mothers were Victorian—had any idea how casually their daughters were accustomed to be kissed.1920 April, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 2, in This Side of Paradise, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, book I (The Romantic Egotist), page 64

Questions about petting parties

What is petting parties the plural of?
Petting parties is the plural of petting party.

Words near petting parties in the dictionary

  1. Pettinato
  2. Pettinatos
  3. pettiness
  4. pettinesses
  5. petting
  6. petting parties
  7. petting party
  8. petting the kitty
  9. petting zoo
  10. petting zoos
  11. Pettinger

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