do your duty by

do your duty by
   to impregnate (your wife) or to have a son by your husband
   Much store was formerly set by both parties on a wife not copulating with other than her husband before they had jointly produced a son and heir:
    I regard it as my duty to have an heir. If my husband refuses to do his duty by me I shall find someone else who will. (Sharpe, 1975)

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