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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 |
Ithamar | | - | Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek |
Anushka | | - | Russian |
Reto | | - | German (Swiss) |
Genovefa | | - | Ancient Germanic (Latinized, ?) |
Browning | | ['brauniŋ] | |
Yadira | | - | Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic) |