love bite
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love bite
- /ˈlʌv baɪt/ UK, US
noun love bites · lovebite · love-bite
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A bruise on the skin caused by someone sucking or biting it, usually with sexual intent.
Then the turtle-billing kisses, and the poignant painless love bites, which they both exchang'd in a rage of delight, all conspiring towards the melting period
Similar: hickey, monkey bite
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title = {love bite},
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