a notch in (someone's) bedpost

a notch in (someone's) bedpost

A casual sexual partner, especially a one-night stand, counted as a tally in the overall number of someone's sexual partners. Janet was never interested in a serious boyfriend during college; she was only looking for notches in her bedpost. So is that all I am to you, John? A notch in your bedpost?
See also: bedpost, notch
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • a notch on (someone's) bedpost
  • bedpost
  • piece of snatch
  • biblical
  • (but) not in the biblical sense
  • have (sexual) relations (with someone)
  • have relations with
  • relation
  • sexual
  • sexual relations