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seven year itch
Definition
1. According to modern folklore, the tendency in married men, after seven years or so of marriage, to seek out extramarital affairs.Quote: Frederic Mullally in The Penthouse Sexicon (1968): ' Something that happens when your marriage partner doesn't come up to scratch.'
2. Title of a movie by playwright George Axelrod, The Sevven-Year Itch (1955), starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell.
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