Meanings
present singular third person dips one's pen in someone's inkwell · participle present dipping one's pen in someone's inkwell · participle past dipped one's pen in someone's inkwell · past dipped one's pen in someone's inkwell
- euphemisticTo have sex with (someone).
“Does this business associate know you've been dipping your pen in the company inkwell?”
2014, Oliver North, Bob Hamer, Counterfeit Lies, →ISBN, page 462 more examples
Pretty much everyone who dropped by Alaska dipped their pen in my ancestors' inkwell, from the Russians on down.
2002, Dana Stabenow, A Fine and Bitter Snow, →ISBN, page 190Watching me ogling the lovely waitresses' movements, this Greek philosopher -- who happened to be my mother's brother—-advised me, “Never dip your pen in the local inkwell while at work.”
2014, George M. Goritz, Shakespeare, Wall Street and My Arabian Nights Adventures, →ISBN, pages 101–102Synonyms: discuss Uganda, Netflix and chill, show someone one's etchings
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo have sex with (someone).
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