canoe

canoe
   American
   to copulate with
   If a young man took a woman for a trip in such a craft, there was no room for a chaperone, which gave them unwonted seclusion when they went ashore:
    Her Old Man... had been hearing about me and Daisy canoeing from the first night we'd got together. (L. Armstrong, 1955they were not into aquatic sports)
   Canoodle, to fondle sexually, dates from the mid-19th century, which means it is not a compound of canoe and cuddle:
    Helen had fallen from a balcony while... canoodling with a Dutch sea captain. (Private Eye, May 1981)

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  • Canoe — (ind.), so v.w. Canot …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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