jig-a-jig

jig-a-jig
   copulation
   From the movement involved. In many similar expressions such as jig-jig or jiggy-jig:
    'Dated her,' I said. 'You mean a little boomboom.' 'Jig-jig,' he said. 'But it comes to the same thing. (Theroux, 1978)
    ... the familiar cry of 'jiggy-jig, Sahib'. Very small boys did the soliciting for these native girls. (F. Richards, 1936)
   Then come jig, jiggle, zig-zig, and so on. Mainly Far Eastern use.

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