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  • 101spend like a sailor —    Someone who spends their money wildly spends like a sailor.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

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  • 102spend —    to ejaculate (semen)    Usually in copulation, despite the hint of premature ejaculation in:     Spending his manly marrow in her arms. (Shakespeare, All s Well That Ends Well)    or, in modern use:     I could after the first orgasm go on… …

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  • 103spend a penny —    to urinate    Normally referring to urination by either sex, although only women were required, for the purpose of urination, to produce that particular coin needed to operate the lock of a British public lavatory turnstile or cubicle …

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  • 104spend — I. v. a. 1. Expend, disburse, lay out, dispose of, part with. 2. Waste, consume, exhaust, squander, dissipate, lavish, use up. 3. Employ, devote, bestow, apply, pass. 4. Waste, wear away, exhaust of force. II. v. n. 1. Lay out money, incur… …

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  • 105spend — verb 1) she spent $185 on shoes Syn: pay out, dish out, expend, disburse; squander, waste, fritter away; lavish; informal fork out, lay out, shell out, cough up, drop, blow, splurge, pony up 2) …

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  • 106spend a penny — Vrb phrs. To urinate, to go to the lavatory. A euphemism derived from a fee charged in public toilets, albeit usually only in the women s; the saying is based on a pre inflatatory figure. Informal …

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  • 107spend — verb 1) she spent £185 on shoes Syn: pay out, expend; informal blow, splurge 2) the morning was spent gardening Syn: pass, occupy, fill, take up, while away 3) I ve spent hours on th …

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  • 108spend a penny — British informal old fashioned to go to the toilet …

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  • 109spend the night with someone — 1) to have sex with someone and stay with them all night 2) to sleep at someone s house for one night We re spending the night with friends …

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  • 110Spend a penny —   (UK)   This is a euphemistic idiom meaning to go to the toilet …

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