dance a Haymarket hornpipe

dance a Haymarket hornpipe
   obsolete
   to copulate with a prostitute
   The Haymarket in London was a haunt of prostitutes (and their clients) and the expression involves two vulgar puns:
    Perhaps we'll dance another Haymarket hornpipe before long. (Fraser, 1975, writing in 19th-century style)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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