horizontal refreshments

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌhɒ.ɹɪˈzɒn.təl ɹɪˈfɹeʃ.mənts/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌhɔː.ɹəˈzɑːn.təl ɹɪˈfɹeʃ.mənts/

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horizontal refreshments pl (plural only)

1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
   • 1846 January 1, Levinge, Richard George Augustus, “Echoes from the Backwoods”, in The New Monthly Magazine, volume 76, number 301, page 38:

     The cold, during the winter night, is very severe, and the sentinels are frequently obliged to be relieved every half-hour, and the officers, so long as they possess the "prima flora juvenus," may enjoy horizontal refreshments in peace; but when they obtained those manly appendages, yclept whiskers, find that turing in bed becomes hopeless, and being "brought up with a round turn," discover that they have become frozen to the sheets.

   • 2015 February 9, Hemingway, Mollie, “A Sex Week For The Rest Of Us”, in The Federalist‎, retrieved 2017-06-01:

     Here at The Federalist, we talk about sex a lot as is. Join us this week for some additional fun and deep-thinking about, well, you know — dancing in the sheets, horizontal refreshments, the beast with two backs, Blitzkrieg mit dem fleischgewehr, gland to gland combat, and more.

• See Thesaurus:copulation

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