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Historically an old English/Pennsylvania Dutch term for courting in the 19th century where the boy and the girl would sleep over at the parents home in the same bed supposedly without having sex (good luck with that). This was to encourage the boy to stay and marry their daughter. A more contemporary scenario would be the acceptance by the girl's parents that their daughter is sleeping with her boyfriend in the parents home with the hope that the boy will stick around and make an honest woman of her.
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