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Definition of French kiss
1. Noun. An openmouthed kiss in which your tongue is inserted into the other's mouth.
Definition of French kiss
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A kiss (or the act of kissing) which involves the touching of both persons' tongues. ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) To give someone a French kiss. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of French Kiss
Literary usage of French kiss
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. WMD Machete by Mark Plimsoll (2006)
"At least, that's what her best girlfriend Barbara told me, as she hugged me and
cried, chewed cinnamon gum, and taught me to French kiss in earth shaking ..."
2. The Island of Formosa, Past and Present: History, People, Resources, and by James Wheeler Davidson (1903)
"The French kiss was /. »('whom 2 were killed and 5 wounded. Four Krupp guns of
7 centimetres were captured, and many Mauser rilles. ..."
3. Physiognomy and Expression by Paolo Mantegazza (1899)
"For example, the French kiss continually, even among persons of different sexes ;
among the Italians, on the contrary, and especially among the Easterns, ..."
4. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1866)
"... she would give a sailor kiss to one, and a French kiss to another, and, best
of all, a Yankee kiss with both arms round his neck to her own dear father, ..."
5. Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England: From by John Campbell Campbell (1857)
"... in the absence of her hushand," and she having written back instructions to
give him a "French kiss" in return, adding, "it is what no English lawyer ..."
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