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something for the weekend

something for the weekend noun: a condom.

Noun

something for the weekend (uncountable)

  1. (euphemistic) A condom.
    • When they had finished your haircut and were moving towards the till, they would lean over, pull a display box from behind a row of hair potions on the shelf, finger the box which you then saw contained condoms – normally Durex in those days – and ask, “Something for the weekend, Sir?” – even if it...2009, David Fowler, National Service, Elvis and Me!, page 69

Questions about something for the weekend

What does something for the weekend mean?
Something for the weekend means a condom.
What part of speech is something for the weekend?
Something for the weekend is a noun.

Words near something for the weekend in the dictionary

  1. something awful
  2. something bad
  3. something dreadful
  4. something else
  5. something fierce
  6. something for the weekend
  7. something good
  8. something is better than nothing
  9. something is rotten in Denmark
  10. something is rotten in the state of Denmark
  11. something is up

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