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What are some examples of sexual euphemisms that were used in Victorian England?

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In Victorian England, it was so taboo to speak openly about sex in “respectable company,” that the language became rife with euphemisms. Two particularly striking turns of phrase involved the substitution of “white meat” for chicken breast and piano “limb” for piano leg.