Word: pettinger
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"What do you Americans mean by 'petting' or 'necking'?" queried, last week, at Chicago, Canon William Thompson Elliott of Leeds, England. Then, to show himself a clergyman of the world, he hastily added: "Those words don't exist in England. The things which I imagine...
" 'Petting' and 'necking' are about the same; but girls prefer to describe it by the former word and youths by the latter."
" 'Necking' is apt, strictly speaking, to be more violent but more innocent than 'petting.'"
5. "What proportion of the girls of your acquaintance will engage in petting parties?
7. "Do you regard petting parties as injurious to the morals of either men or women?