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ploughing the back forty

ploughing the back forty is the present participle of plough the back forty.

Meaning of plough the back forty

Verb

plough the back forty (third-person singular simple present ploughs the back forty, present participle ploughing the back forty, simple past and past participle ploughed the back forty)

  1. (idiomatic, slang, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.

Questions about ploughing the back forty

What is ploughing the back forty the present participle of?
Ploughing the back forty is the present participle of plough the back forty.

Words near ploughing the back forty in the dictionary

  1. ploughing money
  2. ploughing on
  3. ploughing one's own furrow
  4. ploughing one's way
  5. ploughing over
  6. ploughing the back forty
  7. ploughing the sands
  8. ploughing through
  9. ploughing under
  10. ploughing up
  11. ploughing with one's heifer

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