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Comment by jasonfarnon

3 years ago

when I was growing up "knocking boots" meant have sex? (there was a whole rap song with that title). Which is what I assumed "squamming loins" was some british english version of.

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noah_buddy  3 years ago

It’s a metaphor in the same sense as “strange bedfellows.”

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