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dip one's pen in someone's inkwell en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (euphemistic, of a man) To have sex with (someone).
    • 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:
    • “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:
    • 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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dipping one's pen in someone's inkwell Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dipped one's pen in someone's inkwell Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dipped one's pen in someone's inkwell Tense=Past lexicographic
dips one's pen in someone's inkwell Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

you don't dip your pen in company ink

Synonyms

discuss Uganda · show someone one's etchings · Netflix and chill