- beg a child of
- obsoleteto seek to impregnate (a woman)From a wish by a male to generate an heir:I think he means to beg a child of her. (Shakespeare, I Henry VI)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
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