- hoovering
- the abortion of a foetusSpecifically by vacuum aspiration under medical supervision:I already had two hooverings when I wasn't sure. (Mclnerney, 1992)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
hoovering
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