ride rantipole

Definitions

To have sexual intercourse with the woman positioned on top of the man.

archaic, intransitive, vulgar

Examples

“Oft in the Streets I'm ſeen to ride⟳ / Exalted, as it were for Pride; / And ſome will have⟳ it that I ſtroll, / Like⟳ Boys, when riding Rantipole[.]”

“How 'bout I let⟳ ya climb⟳ aboard me, love⟳? I'll even let⟳ ya ride⟳ rantipole," slurred the stranger, waggling his bushy eyebrows.”

“As a verb, 'to ride⟳ rantipole' meant 'the woman uppermost in amorous congress', which adds an extra layer of humour to the poem, as Keats's Rantipole Betty is flat on her back, 'dead as a venus tipsy'.”

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