"oral sex" among the Victorians + postil(l)ion

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 1/4/06, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  But does the phrase "oral sex" occur in _The Pearl_ ?

As I mentioned in the main thread, "gamahuche" (n./v.) was the
preferred term in that esteemed work. And of course the text is
searchable online:

http://google.com/search?q=site:thepearl.tailfeatherz.com+gamahuche|gamahuching|gamahuched

The text as reproduced on that site doesn't even have the word "oral",
let alone "oral sex".


--Ben Zimmer