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1
doings between individuals or groups
- the niceties of social intercourse are lost on that nerd
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- nonintercourse
2
sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis
- intercourse is one of ways by which the disease is commonly spread
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The Words of the Week - 5/1/20
The Words of the Week - 5/1/20
Some of the words that defined the week ending May 1, 2020
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The first known use of intercourse was in the 15th century
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