dip one's pen in someone's inkwell

verb

To have sex with (someone).

Meanings

verbdip one's pen in someone's inkwell (third-person singular simple present dips one's pen in someone's inkwell, present participle dipping one's pen in someone's inkwell, simple past and past participle dipped one's pen in someone's inkwell)

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

  1. 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 46
    2 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 190

    Watching 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 101–102

    Synonyms: discuss Uganda, Netflix and chill, show someone one's etchings

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