the last favour

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the last favour (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, euphemistic) sexual intercourse (as permitted by a woman) [17th–19th c.]
    • 1785, James Ridgway, A Dictionary of Literary Conversation[1]:
      A Portugueze gentleman, resident at Goa, sleeping with his wife at his side, dreamt that she had granted the last favour to her lover.