canoodlingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

canoodling (複数形 canoodlings)

1. amorous pettings or caresses
   • 1956, George Henry Hubert Lascelles Harewood (Earl of), Opera, volume 7, page 15:

     Admittedly one is spared the nauseating canoodlings of lovers whose lungs are manifestly greater than their love, which are so common in Wagner evenings […]

   • 2009 April 5, Jesse Mckinley, “Order a Mai Tai and Save Paradise”, in New York Times^[1]:

     Sure enough, with dark wood walls, thatched overhangs and a formidable totem at the front desk, the Tonga Room has also been the site of more than a few clandestine canoodlings, some of which were immortalized by Herb Caen, the famed San Francisco Chronicle columnist, who trumpeted the room’s happy hour and its famously strong mai tai.