English Explanatory Dictionary

beast with two backs

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Two people united in sexual intercourse in the missionary position.

Pronunciation

en-au-beast with two backs.ogg

Word forms

beast with two backs beasts with two backs

Etymology

First attested in English by William Shakespeare, see quotations. Supposedly a calque of French la beste à deux doz (in modern French, la bête à deux dos) from Gargantua and Pantagruel, 1534, by François Rabelais.

Synonyms

double-backed beast two-backed beast

Derived words

make the beast with two backs
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