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square-pushing

square-pushing noun: the act of going out with a girl; flirting, lovemaking.

Noun

square-pushing (uncountable)

  1. (dated) The act of going out with a girl; flirting, lovemaking.
    • Squarepushing up against a backdoor. Maul her a bit. Then the next thing on the menu.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 8: Laestrygonians]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 155
    • If I said, ‘Ch'est pour la nanny-goat,’ we'd go square-pushing. He didn't care which. I was the one for chasing the girls, he wasn't.1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 34

Questions about square-pushing

What does square-pushing mean?
Square-pushing means the act of going out with a girl; flirting, lovemaking.
What part of speech is square-pushing?
Square-pushing is a noun.

Words near square-pushing in the dictionary

  1. square-headed
  2. square-jawed
  3. square-lipped rhinoceros
  4. square-lipped rhinoceroses
  5. square-pierced
  6. square-pushing
  7. square-rigged
  8. square-rigger
  9. square-riggers
  10. square-sail
  11. square-shooter

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