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- a notch on (someone's) bedpost
a notch on (someone's) bedpost
a notch on (someone's) bedpost
A casual sexual partner, especially a one-night stand, counted as a tally in the overall number of someone's sexual partners. Janet was never interested in a serious boyfriend during college; she was only looking for notches on her bedpost. So is that all I am to you, John? A notch on your bedpost?
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Tryphosa | | - | Biblical, Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek |
Lyubov | | lyoo-BOF (Russian) | Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian |
Mwanajuma | | - | Eastern African, Swahili |
Telesphorus | | - | Ancient Greek (Latinized) |
PhÚC | | - | Vietnamese |
Lucilio | | - | Italian |