Meaning of exchange flesh | Babel Free

Definitions

To engage in sexual intercourse.

archaic, euphemistic, idiomatic, rare

Examples

“[…]it was thought ſhe was a Woman, and was turn'd into a cold fiſh, for ſhe wold not exchange⟳ fleſh with one that lou'd her: […]”

“[W]ill-she, nill-she, she must have⟳ Roger's company nightly in her bed, to ensure that he lay⟳ not with another. . . . To exchange⟳ flesh with Roger she would bid all the world defiance.”

“She thinks to herself, What crime have⟳ I committed? If two people exchange⟳ flesh for money, why is it that only the one who contributes the flesh is a criminal and not the one who pays?”

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