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fetch mettle
Definition
Obsolete British expression of the 17 th century, derived for male masturbation. Mettle referred to semen, to fetch mettle was to masturbate until ejaculation. Captain Francis Grose defines fetch mettle in his Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811) as: ' the act of self pollution.' See masturbation-male for synonyms.
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