headache

headache
   1. obsolete England /Ireland
   a corn poppy used for narcotic purposes
   The papaver rhoeas may not have had the potency of its oriental cousins, but it was what was available. There was a fetish against unmarried girls touching the flowers, because the drowsiness and feeling of goodwill induced by closer acquaintance might make them easier to seduce:
    Corn-poppies, that in crimson dwell, Call'd head-aches from their sickly smell. (Clare, 1827)
   The narcotic made from the poppies was called headache-wine.
   2. a female excuse for not participating in a sexual activity
   Whether it be going out with a male for the evening or copulation:
    You were glad you found out about the headache before investing too much time and money and hope in her. (Chandler, 1953)

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

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