legovern.
/ˈlɛɡəʊvə/, U.S. /ˈlɛɡˌoʊvər/ British slang.
1. An act of sexual intercourse. Cf. to get (also †lay, †lift, have, throw) one's leg over at leg n. Phrases 3e.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse > an act of
swivec1560
fall1594
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merry bout1780
stroke1785
screw?c1845
charver1846
fuckeea1866
sex act1888
frigc1890
grind1893
mount1896
poke1902
tumble1903
screwing1904
ride1905
roll1910
trick1926
lay1932
jump1934
bang1937
knock1937
shag1937
a roll in the hay1945
boff1956
naughty1959
root1961
shtup1964
home run1967
seeing to1970
legover1975
bonk1978
zatch1980
boink1989
1975 Time Out 7 Mar. 25/4 Alan Price showing those M'mselles (‘Oooh, Alfee!’) what a British leg over is all about.
1992 Daily Star 2 July 9/2 Imagine how much easier life would be if every time they indulged in an extra-marital legover they got away with it by saying they'd done it to save the world.
2013 Daily Mirror (Ireland) (Nexis) 23 Nov. 7 I still get the odd random roll or legover. I love women. I'd be mad not to. They're beautiful. I adore them. Truly, truly.
2. Sexual activity; spec. sexual intercourse.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse
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companyc1330
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the service of Venusc1350
miskissinga1387
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meddlinga1398
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mellingc1480
carnality1483
copulation1483
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Venus act?1507
Venus exercise?1507
Venus play?1507
Venus work?1507
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occupying?1544
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Moll Peatley1711
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interunion1822
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sex relation1871
wantonizing1884
belly-flopping1893
twatting1893
jelly roll1895
mattress-jig1896
sex1900
screwing1904
jazz1918
zig-zig1918
other1922
booty1926
pigmeat1926
jazzing1927
poontang1927
relations1927
whoopee1928
nookie1930
hump1931
jig-a-jig1932
homework1933
quickie1933
nasty1934
jig-jig1935
crumpet1936
pussy1937
Sir Berkeley1937
pom-pom1945
poon1947
charvering1954
mollocking1959
leg1967
rumpy-pumpy1968
shafting1971
home plate1972
pata-pata1977
bonking1985
legover1985
knobbing1986
rumpo1986
fanny1993
1985 Sight & Sound Spring 106/3 Girls only want a bit of legover.
1986 City Limits 16 Oct. 41 Whether it's snogging, leg-over or bedroom, this is a form of soul that is continuously in demand.
2005 Times 5 Nov. 11/6 (caption) Legover in togas for crumblies in cardies.
2012 Daily Mail (Nexis) 3 Jan. No man, not even an undercover police officer, should be expected to go eight years without a little light legover. It sounds as if the women were well up for it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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