"Netflix and chill"

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"play the mime and woo"

'Tis a clever ruse, forsooth! One pretends to observe a mummer's play upon a screen, yet the true intent is to engage in amorous dallying and wanton sport once the candles burn low.

e.g. Prithee, fair maiden, shalt thou join me to play the mime and woo within my chambers this eve?

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"play the mime and woo"
'Tis a clever ruse, forsooth! One pretends to observe a mummer's play upon a screen, yet the true intent is to engage in amorous dallying and wanton sport once the candles burn low.

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