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buggery (to use the plain old Anglo-Saxon - or was it?

The word buggery ultimately comes from Bulgar; apparently Bulgars were well-known for it in Mediaeval times. What the Anglo-Saxons called it I don't know.

From reading the Biblical account of Onan (Genesis 38:9 http://inthebeginning.net/cgi-bin/EnglishBible.htm ) it sounds to me more like coitus interruptus as a form of contraception.

Bingley


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