square-pushing

English

Noun

square-pushing (uncountable)

1. (dated) The act of going out with a girl; flirting, lovemaking.
   • 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

     Squarepushing up against a backdoor. Maul her a bit. Then the next thing on the menu.

   • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 34:

     If I said, ‘Ch'est pour la nanny-goat,’ we'd go square-pushing. He didn't care which. I was the one for chasing the girls, he wasn't.