see someone's etchings

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Verb

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see someone's etchings (third-person singular simple present sees someone's etchings, present participle seeing someone's etchings, simple past saw someone's etchings, past participle seen someone's etchings)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) A clichéd innuendo used in offers to withdraw to a private location for sex; to go to a private location with someone in order to have sexual congress.
    Synonym: view someone's etchings
    Would you like to see my etchings?

Usage notes

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  • Ian Stuart-Hamilton's An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions notes that this is rarely used as "an invitation to have sexual intercourse",[1] presumably speaking of real-life situations. However, this sense remains common in fiction.

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References

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  1. ^ Ian Stuart-Hamilton, "Come up and see my etchings", An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions, Jessia Kingsley Publishrs (3rd ed. 2007, 1st ed. from 2004), →ISBN, page 60.