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tipping the velvet
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tipping the velvet In A Sentence
Origin & Usage
Obscure Victorian pornographic slang Sarah Waters encountered researching 19th-century erotica; she used it as the title of her 1998 novel, adapted by the BBC in 2002.
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tip the velvet
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What does "tipping the velvet" mean?
It's Victorian slang for cunnilingus; it later became the title of a Sarah Waters lesbian novel.
Where does "tipping the velvet" come from?
It's a Victorian-era slang phrase that Sarah Waters later reused as the title of her 1998 novel.
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