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)

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