make a (an improper) suggestion

make a (an improper) suggestion
   to propose casual copulation
   Men do it to women and prostitutes do it to men:
    ... if anyone had made a suggestion to her then, she would have slapped his face... But look at her: she'd sleep with any Tom, Dick or Harry for two or three pounds. (Kersh, 1936)

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