Talk:tailing

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RFV discussion: October 2023–June 2024

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Rfv-sense: obsolete: sexual intercourse there's a Chaucer quote request, which probably means in appeared in Webster 1913, where no modern quote was available P. Sovjunk (talk) 19:05, 8 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

OED gives "to copulate with" as a sense of the verb tail, with modern citations. Our entry for that verb seems highly deficient. The noun isn't given in OED but it seems plausible enough if it can be found. This, that and the other (talk) 00:11, 9 October 2023 (UTC)Reply