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half-nightstand (pluralhalf-night stands)

1. (idiomatic) A singlesexual encounter between two individuals, lasting for less than an entirenight, where at least one of the partners has no immediateintention orexpectation of establishing a longer-term sexual or romanticrelationship.

   Coordinate terms:one-night stand,one-minute stand

   Near-synonyms:hit and run;pump and dump;wham, bam, thank you ma'am

   • 2001, Howard Dando,Dancers in the Dark,→ISBN:

     Allison had not even reached mistress status, just ahalf-night stand.

   • 2012, Arnold Snyder,Risk of Ruin,→ISBN, page143:

     Still, as he refused to concede that he was incapable of fucking, in the years that followed, there were more forgettablehalf-night stands.

   • 2015, Bob Siqveland,Simple Witness,→ISBN, page53:

     He'd been the byproduct of a quart of Old Bushmills and ahalf-night stand.

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