"something for the weekend" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} something for the weekend (uncountable)
  1. (euphemistic) A condom. Tags: euphemistic, uncountable Categories (topical): Birth control
    Sense id: en-something_for_the_weekend-en-noun-Tlq6fyX7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English euphemisms, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2009, David Fowler, National Service, Elvis and Me!, page 69:",
          "text": "When they had finished your haircut and were moving towards the till, they would lean over, pull a display box from behind a row of hair potions on the shelf, finger the box which you then saw contained condoms – normally Durex in those days – and ask, “Something for the weekend, Sir?” – even if it was only Monday! The first few times this happened to me was around 1955 and after having just left school and started work, I was extremely naïve and hadn't a clue what the barber meant.",
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