something for the weekend
- something for the weekend
a contraceptive sheath
Or a packet of contraceptives, from the days when the main purveyors were barbers, and men had their hair cut more often:
Condoms weren't called condoms, the euphemism was 'something for the weekend'. (Monkhouse, 1993)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms.
R. W. Holder.
2014.
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