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the last favour

the last favour noun: sexual intercourse (as permitted by a woman).

Noun

the last favour (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, euphemistic) sexual intercourse (as permitted by a woman)
    • A Portugueze gentleman, resident at Goa, sleeping with his wife at his side, dreamt that she had granted the last favour to her lover.1785, James Ridgway, A Dictionary of Literary Conversation

Questions about the last favour

What does the last favour mean?
The last favour means sexual intercourse (as permitted by a woman).
What part of speech is the last favour?
The last favour is a noun.

Words near the last favour in the dictionary

  1. the labourer is worthy of his hire
  2. the lady doth protest too much
  3. the lady doth protest too much, methinks
  4. The Lagoon
  5. the last day
  6. the last favour
  7. the last I heard
  8. the last of pea-time
  9. the latchstring is out
  10. the law is a ass
  11. the law is an arse

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