jump = copulate with?

Page Stephens hpst at EARTHLINK.NET
Wed Nov 16 14:54:36 UTC 2005


The phrase as I first heard it many years ago in southern Illinois was
"jump her bones".

Page Stephens

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> From: Joel S. Berson <Berson at ATT.NET>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Date: 11/15/2005 11:34:53 PM
> Subject: jump = copulate with?
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> I do not find "jump (vt) = copulate with" in OED2.  When does it date
> from?  Chapman, 1995 (the only slang dictionary I have at home), says
> "by 1638", but (as typical) without any direct and datable citation.
>
> Joel



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