the main thing

the main thing
   copulation
   For Pepys and other males subsequently in their encounters with females:
    ... here finding Mrs Lane, took her over to Lambeth where we were lately, and there did what I would with her but only the main thing, which she would not consent to. (Pepys, 1663, with but meaning except)

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