Screwing

Definitions

1. The act by which something is screwed (in various senses).
2. An act of sexual intercourse.
   slang, vulgar

Equivalents

Examples

“I fear there is too much reason⟳ to acknowledge the truth of his remarks regarding the original formation of railways, but are the screwings out of the poor pittance received by some of the 20,000 at present⟳ employed to keep⟳ them in operation, to be the means of compensating the proprietors for the folly and extravagance then displayed?”

“But this was a sadly lingering process⟳, since there must be as many screwings and unscrewings as there are copies to be printed.”

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