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painters
noun
▶ have the painters in; painters are in
to be in the bleed period of the menstrual cycle UK, 1961
A euphemistic fact of life.- I rung her one afternoon to ask her if it’s all right to pop over. “It’s okay but I’ve got the painters in,” she says. “Well, that’s okay, they go home at what? Four of five? They got to take their boots off sometime,” I say. “No. Arsenal are at home,” she says. — J.J. Connolly, Layer Cake, p. 291, 2000
- [A]n important difference between men and women iz sumfin called “da mental cycle” or as doctors call it, “havin de painters in”. — Sacha Baron-Cohen, Da Gospel According to Ali G, 2001
- Not today, H, I can’t, the painters are in. I’ll be OK tomorrow. — Garry Bushell, The Face, p. 202, 2001
- — The Museum of Menstruation and Women’s Health, April 2001
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