to slip sb a length

  • 1Slip smb. a length — (crass) (of a man) have sexual intercourse with (someone) …

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  • 2slip smb. a length — Australian Slang (crass) (of a man) have sexual intercourse with (someone) …

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  • 3slip someone a length — vb to have sex with someone (from the male point of view). A euphemism orig inating in the 19th century …

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  • 4slip (someone) a length — Vrb phrs. Of males, to have sex …

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  • 5slip (someone) a length — Vrb phrs. Of males, to have sex …

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  • 6length — /lɛŋθ / (say length) noun 1. the linear magnitude of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river. 2. extent from beginning to end of a series, enumeration, account, book, etc. 3. extent in time; duration: the length of a battle. 4 …

  • 7slip it to someone — vb British to have sex with someone. A version of the more common vulgar euphemism, slip someone a length. The phrase is gen erally employed by men and usually implies a casual and surreptitious cou p ling …

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  • 8length — n British 1. a six month prison sentence 2. the penis. The word is almost invaria bly used in the phrase slip someone a length …

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  • 9slip — slip1 [slip] vi. slipped, slipping [ME slippen < MLowG, akin to OHG slifan < IE * (s)leib , to glide, slip < base * (s)lei , slimy: see SLIDE] 1. to go quietly or secretly; move without attracting notice [to slip out of a room] 2. a) to… …

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  • 10Slip ring — Sketch of an electric motor with slip rings A slip ring (in electrical engineering terms) is a method of making an electrical connection through a rotating assembly. Slip rings, also called rotary electrical interfaces, rotating electrical… …

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