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Lighter BS: English Vernacular ca. 1952 (11) RE: BS: English Vernacular ca. 1952 24 Jul 16

The Mae West example seems ambiguous to me. But this one is not. From Philip Arnall's autobiographical novel "Portrait of an Airman" (1931), set in the RFC/RAF during the First World War:

"She had thrown off her dressing-gown and was asking Stephen to make love to her."

Arnall uses the phrase in this "carnal" sense more than once.

McGrath is right about context.

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