favours

favours
   an extramarital sexual relationship
   Granted by either sex to the other:
    The small luxuries of life that plenty of women were prepared to exchange their favours for. (G. Greene, 1978, and not of political allegiance)
    A fondness amounting to sexual mania for the favours of young men. (Sharpe, 1977)
   To force favours from is to rape:
    But even as he forced his favours from her... (Keneally, 1987 — or should it have been 'her favours'?)
   Favours may also be shared:
    And who does she pick to share her favours with? (Bogarde, 1981)

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

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