the five-fingered widow

the five-fingered widow
   British
   male masturbation
   Army use among those long absent from the company of white women:
    The red light districts... were strictly out of bounds... Many turned, as a last resort, to the 'five-fingered widow'. (C. Allen, 1975, writing of service in India)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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