TO PLAY AT IN-AND-IN, verb. phr. (old).—To copulate. For synonyms, see GREENS and RIDE. Also IN-AND-OUT (q.v.).
1635. GLAPTHORNE, The Hollander, in Wks. (1874), i. 127. They are sure faire Gamesters … especially at IN-AND-IN.
1653. R. BROME, The Court Beggar, iv., 1, in Five New Playes, 239. The Physitian thought to have cur’d his patient (who has bin a notable Gamester at IN AND IN) between my Ladies legs.
1675. COTTON, Burlesque upon Burlesque: or, The Scoffer Scofft, in Works (1725), p. 192.
| What with some Goddess he’d have bin | |
| Playing, belike, at IN-AND-IN.… | |
| For so thy words seem to import. |
1719. D’URFEY, (quoted) Wit and Mirth; or Pills to Purge Melancholy, iv. 78. Their Wives may PLAY AT IN AND IN, Cuckolds all a-row.
