half-night stand

plural half-night stands

1. idiomaticA single sexual encounter between two individuals, lasting for less than an entire night, where at least one of the partners has no immediate intention or expectation of establishing a longer-term sexual or romantic relationship.

   Near-synonyms: hit and run; pump and dump; wham, bam, thank you ma'am

   3 more examples

   Allison had not even reached mistress status, just a half-night stand.

   2001, Howard Dando, Dancers in the Dark, →ISBN

   Still, as he refused to concede that he was incapable of fucking, in the years that followed, there were more forgettable half-night stands.

   2012, Arnold Snyder, Risk of Ruin, →ISBN, page 143

   He'd been the byproduct of a quart of Old Bushmills and a half-night stand.

   2015, Bob Siqveland, Simple Witness, →ISBN, page 53

   Synonyms: hit and run, pump and dump, wham, bam, thank you ma'am