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noun
Two people united in sexual intercourse in the missionary position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
First attested in English by William Shakespeare, see quotations. Supposedly a calque of French la beste à deux doz (in modern French, la bête à deux dos) from Gargantua and Pantagruel, 1534, by François Rabelais.
