favours

British

/ ˈfeɪvəz /

plural noun

sexual intimacy, as when consented to by a woman

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Favours are begged and joyfully rewarded, terms of endearment lovingly dropped, affections ecstatically expressed.

From The Guardian • Jun. 29, 2012

Favours simple styles, shift dresses in particular, and a mixture of high street and designer, with a bit of European flair.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2010

Forbear such lavish Gratitude; You’r too profuse in your Acknowledgment of your small Favours.

From The City Bride (1696) Or The Merry Cuckold by Dearing, Vinton A.

I have the Honour to be often at his Table, and I am bound to acknowledge his Favours to me.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

Upon what account did the King bestow several other Favours upon me?

From Letter from Monsieur de Cros,... being an answer to Sir Wm Temple's memoirs... [1693] by Cros, Monsieur de

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