PROSTITUTE, PROSTITUTION
(also see STRUMPET, WHORE, etc.)
ADJECTIVES
1545 • PRIESTYBULOUS relating to or suggestive of a prostitute → obs.
1550 • PROSTIBULOUS pert. to a prostitute or prostitution; addicted to the company of prostitutes → obs.
1599 • CYPRIAN licentious, lewd; said of prostitutes in 18th-19th centuries
..E17 • HACKNEYED pert. to prostitution → sl.
1616 • PUNKISH characteristic of a prostitute → obs.
1626 • MERETRICIOUS having the character of a prostitute → obs.
1656 • PAPHIAN belonging to the class of prostitutes; unchaste
1704 • MERETRICIAN relating to or befitting a prostitute → obs.
..19C • CHUCKED sexually aroused and therefore copulating very rapidly; usually said by prostitutes of their more amorous customers → Brit. sl.
1821 • GAME engaged in prostitution, whorish → sl.
1825 • GAY living by prostitution → sl.
1860 • ON THE TURF working as a prostitute → sl.
1890 • ON THE BATTER working as a prostitute → UK sl.
1898 • ON THE GAME working as a prostitute
1905 • PAKIT-LIKE having the appearance of a prostitute → Sc. (Bk.)
1936 • ON THE BASH working as a prostitute → Brit. sl.
1941 • ON THE BLOCK engaged in prostitution on the street
1944 • ON THE BATTLE working as a prostitute → Aust. sl.
1959 • OFF being with a client, and, therefore, off the street; said of a street prostitute → UK sl.
1960 • QUALIFIED experienced; said of a prostitute → African-American sl.
1968 • ON YOUR BACK working as a prostitute → Aust. sl.
1969 • ON THE KNOCK working as a prostitute → sl.
1977 • ON THE RACK available for prostitution → US sl.
1980 • ON THE PROWL working as a prostitute → sl.
………. • TWANGY pert. to male prostitution → sl.
NOUNS
1377 • HARLOTRY the practice or trade of prostitution
1390 • PUTERY prostitution → obs.
1400 • ARSE-WINNING money earned by prostitution → obs.
1435 • STRUMPETRY prostitution; fornication, lewd behaviour
.M15 • TAIL-TRADING prostitution → sl.
1480 • PUTAGE prostitution → obs.
..16C • SACKING LAW the occupation of a prostitute → UK criminals’ sl.
………. • TRAFFIC prostitution → euphemism
1500 • STRUMPERY prostitution; lewd behaviour → arch.
.M16 • BUTTOCK-BANQUETING a working as a prostitute
1578 • LEWDNESS prostitution
1591 • SACKING the occupation of a prostitute → cant, obs.
..L16 • GAME a group of prostitutes, esp. in a brothel → UK criminals’ sl.
………. • PAPHIAN GAME prostitution → sl.
………. • SACKING prostitution → cant
..17C • SMOCK FAIR a gathering place of prostitutes → sl.
.M17 • GAME the world of prostitution → UK criminals’ sl.
………. • WESTMINSTER WEDDING a visit to a prostitute → sl.
1654 • NURSERY a brothel, or a place frequented by prostitutes → sl.
1672 • PUTANISM prostitution
1680 • THE TRADE prostitution → UK sl.
………. • TRADE heterosexual or homosexual prostitution; customers of that prostitution, esp. homosexual → sl.
1686 • QUIFFING sexual intercourse, esp. had with or by a prostitute → sl., obs.
1766 • MAGDALEN a home for the refuge and reformation of prostitutes
..L18 • BEAT a street or streets as walked by a prostitute
..19C • GAY LIFE a life of prostitution → Brit. sl.
………. • KID-LEATHER young prostitutes in general …19C Brit. sl.
………. • LEG-BUSINESS prostitution → Brit. sl.
..19C • PRICE OF MEAT the cost of hiring a prostitute
..E19 • VOTARIES OF PLEASURE prostitution → Brit.
1818 • STRUMPETOCRACY a system of rule or social domination by prostitutes, or by women regarded as promiscuous or immoral; a governing body or ruling class of such women
.M19 • MOT-CART a brougham or similar vehicle owned by a well-off prostitute → sl.
………. • PORNOGRAPHY a written discussion of prostitutes → obs.
………. • PRICE OF GREENS the cost of hiring a prostitute
………. • WALK the area walked by a street prostitute → sl.
1860 • THE TURF the work and venue of a prostitute; the street
1882 • LEVEE a red-light district, esp. one in Chicago → Amer. dial.
1887 • THE STRAM • THE STRUM prostitution, street-walking → sl.
1890 • FANCY WORK prostitution → sl.
1894 • FAST LIFE the worlds of prostitution, gambling, drug-dealing, etc.
1896 • MEAT-MARKET a place or area where prostitutes ply their trade → sl.
1898 • THE GAME prostitution → sl.
..L19 • WARM CORNER anywhere frequented by prostitutes → sl.
..20C • PUSSY POSSE a police squad, or vice squad dealing with prostitution → sl.
………. • STRING OF PONIES a collection of prostitutes → sl.
………. • VICE prostitution → US euphemism
1910 • CALL TRADE prostitution by which women or men are summoned by telephone after they have been selected, via some form of visual ‘menu’, by the male clientele → sl.
1913 • CALL HOUSE a house of assignation where appointments with prostitutes can be made, as by telephone → Amer. sl.
………. • CREEP-HOUSE a place where prostitutes rob their clients → US sl.
1916 • CALL FLAT • CALL JOINT a place where appointments with prostitutes can be made, as by telephone → Amer. sl.
………. • THE LIFE the lifestyle of prostitution → US sl.
1921 • CREEP JOINT a place where prostitutes rob their clients → US sl.
1924 • HUSTLING prostitution; soliciting as a prostitute
1926 • DISORDERLY HOUSE a house of prostitution, esp. an orderly one → US sl. (Bk.)
………. • TRICK an assignation with a prostitute → sl., orig. & chiefly US
1930 • ONE-NIGHT STAND a night with a prostitute → sl.
1934 • JOOK a place where prostitutes ply their trade; an establishment providing liquor, music, entertainment, and often prostitutes, usually in a rural location
1937 • SHORT TIME a brief visit to a prostitute → sl.
………. • STABLE a group of prostitutes working for the same person or organization → sl.
1938 • CHIPPY a dress worn by prostitutes, of knee length and very easy to disrobe → Amer. sl.
………. • PICCOLO JOINT a place where prostitutes ply their trade; an establishment, usually in a rural location, providing liquor, music, entertainment, and often prostitutes → Amer. dial.
1940 • FAST-SHEET HOTEL • FAST-SHEET JOINT • FAST-SHEET SET-UP a cheap hotel that rents out its room by the hour to prostitutes and their clients or to illicit lovers → US sl.
………. • HUSTLE work as a prostitute → African-American sl.
.M20 • STREET OF SHAME prostitution; the world of prostitutes → US euphemism
………. • STREET OF SIN prostitution; the world of prostitutes → US euphemism
1945 • POM-POM sexual intercourse with a prostitute → US sl., orig. military usage
1950 • MURPHY GAME a luring a client either to a room or a deserted alley, hallway, etc., and then, instead of having sex, the client is beaten and robbed by a male accomplice, why may just strike, but may also pose as an aggrieved father, lover, brother, etc. → sl., orig. US criminals’ usage
………. • PUSSY GAME the world of prostitution
1955 • NO-TELL HOTEL a cheap hotel which rents out its rooms by the hour to prostitutes and their clients or to illicit lovers → US sl.
1957 • DATE a sexual liaison between a prostitute and a customer → US euphemism
1960 • ALL-NIGHT an engagement between a prostitute and customer that lasts all night → UK sl.
………. • ALL-NIGHTER an engagement between a prostitute and customer that lasts all night → UK sl.
………. • ADVERTISING BAR a bar frequented by male prostitutes and their clients → US homosexual sl.
………. • FAST LIFE the worlds of gambling, drug-dealing, prostitution, etc. → US sl.
………. • FAST TRACK the streets or blocks in a city where prostitutes work → sl., orig. US
………. • GAFF a prostitute’s room, where she works, but usually does not live → UK criminals’ sl.
………. • IRISH CLUBHOUSE a refined house of prostitution → US homosexual sl.
………. • SNAKEPIT a red-light area → sl.
………. • THE RACKET prostitution → US sl.
1966 • HUSTLER’S ROW any outdoor area where prostitutes loiter in search of customers → UK sl.
1968 • CAR TRICK an act of sex between a prostitute and customer in a car → US sl.
1969 • FAMILY a group of prostitutes and their pimp → US sl.
………. • TRACK the street or area where prostitutes solicit customers → US sl.
1970 • TRICK MONEY money obtained by a pimp or a prostitute from a client (Bk.)
………. • BABY PRO the profession of child prostitution → US sl.
………. • PRECHECK an inspection of a client’s penis made by a prostitute before intercourse
………. • TRAP an amount of money earned by a prostitute, and usually given to her pimp
1972 • MEAT RACK a place or area where prostitutes ply their trade → sl.
1973 • TRAP a prostitute’s earnings → US sl.
1974 • TRAP MONEY a prostitute’s gross earnings → US sl.
1980 • THE WORKS in prostitution, the full range of a prostitute’s services
1981 • FREE LOVE prostitution → euphemism
1983 • BUSINESS an assignation with a prostitute → sl.
………. • NEST the women who make up a pimp’s collection of prostitutes → US sl.
1984 • MUTTON WALK any street where one finds prostitutes, esp. the junction of Coventry Street and Windmill Street in the West End of London → sl. (Bk.)
1986 • MINNESOTA STRIP an area in New York City frequented by prostitutes → US sl.
1987 • DAWNER an engagement between a prostitute and customer that lasts all night, until dawn → US sl.
………. • LINE collectively, the prostitutes in a brothel who are available for sex at a given moment → US sl.
1992 • ALL-NIGHT MONEY a prostitute’s charge for spending the night with a customer
1996 • SIDE WORK prostitution → US sl.
2003 • FULL PERSONAL sexual intercourse, as distinct from masturbation, when advertised as a service offered by a prostitute → UK sl.
2006 • FUCKERY a house of prostitution → sl. (Bk.)
………. • FUCK-HOUSE a house of prostitution → sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1000 • MERETRIX a prostitute → literary usage
………. • QUEAN a prostitute; a sexually loose woman
..12C • WHORE a prostitute
..14C • PANEL a prostitute; a sexually loose woman → Brit. sl.
………. • PEDDLE-SNATCH a prostitute; a sexually loose woman
………. • WENCH a prostitute; a wanton woman
1350 • RIBALD a prostitute → obs.
1362 • PARNEL a prostitute; a harlot → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1384 • PUTE a prostitute
1400 • YAUD a prostitute; a strumpet → obs.
1415 • CALLET a prostitute; a promiscuous woman → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1425 • HOSTELER a prostitute → obs.
………. • PUTAIN a prostitute; a whore → derogatory & offensive
………. • SLUT a female prostitute
1432 • HARLOT a prostitute; a strumpet → derogatory
1440 • BORDEL a prostitute → obs.
.M15 • HACKNEY JADE a prostitute → sl.
………. • RAMP a prostitute
………. • TALE-BEARER a prostitute → sl.
1450 • BROTHEL a prostitute
..16C • KATE a prostitute; a harlot → Sc. sl.
………. • KITTIE a prostitute
………. • KITTOK a prostitute
………. • MAID MARIAN a prostitute → sl.
………. • PUNCK • PUNCKE • PUNK • PUNQUE a prostitute; a sexually loose woman → Brit. sl.
………. • WALKING-MORT a prostitute; a streetwalker → cant
..E16 • MORSEL a prostitute; a harlot
1500 • BAWD a prostitute → arch.
1510 • PUBLIC WOMAN a prostitute
1515 • DOXY a prostitute; a mistress
………. • MUTTON a prostitute; a promiscuous woman → sl.
………. • NUN a prostitute → sl.
………. • TRULLY a female prostitute → obs.
1516 • TRULL a female prostitute
1528 • MISWOMAN a prostitute; a whore → obs.
1529 • DANT a prostitute; a harlot → obs.
………. • MEAT the human body, esp. a woman’s, regarded as an instrument of sexual pleasure; a prostitute
1530 • NAUGHTY-PACK a prostitute; a sexually loose woman → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
………. • SINGLE WOMAN a prostitute → obs.
1533 • DRAB a prostitute; a harlot
1535 • CAT a prostitute → sl. obs.
………. • STRANGE WOMAN a prostitute, a concubine
.M16 • BUTTOCKS a prostitute; esp. one who dispenses her favours for .free
………. • ROMP a prostitute; a whore
1550 • SISTERS OF THE BANK prostitutes → obs.
1555 • PAIKER a prostitute; a streetwalker → Sc.
1557 • MAB a prostitute; a harlot → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1558 • JEZEBEL a prostitute or disreputable woman, esp. one who wears cosmetics, fine clothes, etc.
1560 • BIRD a prostitute; a promiscuous woman → UK sl.
1563 • MAGDALEN a reformed prostitute
………. • NYMPH a prostitute → euphemism
1566 • BLOWSE • BLOWZE a female prostitute → derogatory
………. • LIMMER a prostitute; an unchaste, loose, or immoral woman → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
………. • PUTANIE a prostitute; a whore → obs.
………. • WILD DELL a young ‘dell’ conceived or born under a hedge (dell – a young or ‘unbroken’ (virgin) prostitute); a girl born into prostitution → UK sl.
1567 • MORT a prostitute; a harlot → obs.
………. • MUSK-CAT a prostitute; a courtesan (derogatory) → obs.
1568 • COCKATRICE a prostitute; a whore
………. • LOON a prostitute → obs.
………. • PINNACE a mistress, a prostitute → obs.
1573 • GILLIAN a prostitute; a sexually promiscuous woman → obs.
1575 • PUNK a prostitute
………. • RIG a prostitute; a harlot
1576 • FLIRT a female prostitute → derogatory
1578 • LACED MUTTON a prostitute; a strumpet → sl.
………. • LIGHT SKIRTS a prostitute; a woman of light character → sl.
1579 • HACKNEY a prostitute; a woman that hires her person → obs.
………. • RABBIT a prostitute → sl.
………. • VAULTER • VAWTER a prostitute → UK sl.
1580 • WALKER a prostitute; a streetwalker → UK criminals’ sl.
1582 • BED-MATE a prostitute; a bedfellow
………. • TIB a prostitute; a strumpet → obs.
1583 • CUSTOMER a courtesan, a prostitute → obs.
………. • PUCELLE a prostitute; a wanton girl → obs.
1584 • HARLOTRY a prostitute; a harlot → obs.
1586 • LIGHT O’ LOVE a sexually promiscuous woman; a prostitute
1588 • DRIGGLE-DRAGGLE a prostitute → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1591 • COMMODITY a prostitute → obs.
………. • TRAFFIC a prostitute → obs.
………. • TRUG a female prostitute → arch.
1595 • OPEN-ARSE a prostitute; a lewd woman
1592 • BARBER a prostitute diseased with syphilis → sl.
………. • SHE-INMATE a brothel prostitute
………. • STREETWALKER a prostitute who seeks customers on the street → UK
………. • WAGTAIL a prostitute; a harlot → obs.
1593 • POLECAT a prostitute; a sexually promiscuous woman → derogatory
1594 • HACKSTER a prostitute → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1596 • BAGGAGE a prostitute; a strumpet
………. • MAWKS a prostitute → obs.
1597 • BARBARY HEN a prostitute → obs.
………. • GALLOWAY NAG a prostitute
………. • LADYBIRD a prostitute → sl.
………. • MEDLAR a prostitute; a disreputable woman → sl., obs.
………. • PAGAN a prostitute; a paramour → obs.
1598 • CROSHABELL a prostitute; a harlot → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
………. • CYPRIAN a prostitute; a harlot
………. • HOBBY HORSE a prostitute; a promiscuous woman → sl.
………. • MINX a prostitute, a mistress
………. • NAG a prostitute; a promiscuous woman → sl., obs.
………. • PAPHIAN a prostitute → chiefly literary usage
………. • SUBURB SINNER a prostitute; a whore
1599 • OCCUPANT a prostitute; a woman who is occupied by a man → obs.
..L16 • BONA-ROBA a prostitute → obs.
………. • GAME a group of prostitutes, esp. in a brothel
………. • LIONESS a prostitute; a harlot → sl.
………. • WATER-WAGTAIL a prostitute → sl.
..17C • DOOR-KEEPER a prostitute who occupies a doorway waiting for clients → cant
………. • LAUNDRESS a prostitute → euphemism
………. • MACKEREL a prostitute → sl.
………. • MADAM RAN a prostitute → cant
………. • MADAM VAN a prostitute→ cant
………. • MADGE a prostitute → sl.
………. • MADGE HOWLET a prostitute → sl.
………. • MARGARETTE a prostitute → sl.
………. • MEG a prostitute → sl.
………. • NIGGLER a prostitute → sl.
………. • NIGHTBIRD a prostitute → sl.
………. • PANEL a prostitute who works in a brothel rather than walking the streets → sl.
………. • PARNEL a prostitute who works in a brothel rather than walking the streets → sl.
………. • PUGNASTY a dirty prostitute → Brit. sl.
………. • RANGER a prostitute → sl.
………. • SCATE a prostitute → sl.
………. • SHRIMP a prostitute → obs.
………. • WASTCOTIER a prostitute → sl.
………. • WOMAN a prostitute
..E17 • FLING-STINK a prostitute; a streetwalker → sl.
………. • LOOSE-BODIED GOWN a prostitute; a harlot → sl.
………. • SINNER a prostitute
1601 • PUNKETTO a young prostitute → obs.
1602 • GAMESTER a prostitute; a harlot → UK obs.
………. • HELL-MOTH a prostitute → obs.
………. • LIGHT-HEELS a sexually promiscuous woman; a prostitute → obs.
………. • MADONNA a loose or flirtatious woman; a prostitute → obs.
………. • STRUMPET a prostitute; a harlot → sl.
1604 • AUNT a female prostitute → sl.
………. • COUSIN an illicit female sexual partner; a prostitute → cant obs.
………. • MOLL a prostitute → sl.
1605 • NIGHT-WORM a prostitute → obs.
………. • TANNIKIN a prostitute; a whore → sl.
1606 • COMMUNITY a prostitute → sl.
1607 • BACKSLIDER a prostitute → sl.
………. • BAT (OF VENUS) a prostitute; esp. one who walks the streets at night → colloq.
………. • FRICATRICE a female prostitute → obs.
………. • PUG a prostitute; a harlot → obs.
………. • VENTURER a prostitute → obs.
1608 • BEAGLE a prostitute; a whore → UK sl.
………. • DUTCH WIDOW a female prostitute
1609 • QUAIL a prostitute; so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird → obs.
1610 • BIRD OF THE NIGHT a prostitute; a promiscuous woman → sl.
………. • WAPPING MORT a prostitute → criminals’ sl.
1611 • GILL-FLIRT • GILL-FLURT a prostitute; a light or loose woman
………. • VENTURE a prostitute → obs.
………. • WALK-STREET a prostitute; a streetwalker → obs.
………. • WINCHESTER GOOSE a prostitute with syphilis → euphemism
1612 • DOLL-COMMON a common woman, a prostitute → obs.
………. • PUNKETTEE a young prostitute → obs.
………. • WAPPING DELL a prostitute; a harlot → sl.
1613 • NIGHTSHADE a prostitute → sl.
1614 • BANKSIDE WENCH a prostitute → UK sl.
………. • BIRD OF THE GAME a prostitute → UK sl.
………. • WENCH OF THE SUBURBS a prostitute; a whore → sl.
1615 • AMOROSA a lascivious woman; a prostitute → obs.
………. • TRADER a prostitute → sl., obs.
………. • TROLLOP a prostitute
1616 • COMMONER a female prostitute → obs.
………. • GUINEA-HEN a prostitute, a courtesan → obs.
………. • STEWPOT a prostitute → obs.
………. • WAISTCOATEER a low-class prostitute → obs.
1620 • GILT a prostitute; esp. one who tricks her client → UK sl.
………. • JILT a kept mistress; a prostitute → derogatory
………. • MAR-TAIL a prostitute → obs.
………. • SCAB a prostitute → sl.
1621 • BARBER’S CHAIR a common prostitute who is used by all customers → obs.
1622 • SUCCUBUS a prostitute; a whore
1623 • PROSTIBULE a prostitute; a harlot → obs.
1625 • FLING-DUST a prostitute; a streetwalker → sl., derogatory
………. • HEN OF THE GAME a female prostitute → obs.
1627 • LIGHT HORSE a prostitute; a courtesan → obs.
1628 • WOMAN ERRANT a female prostitute → obs.
1629 • NIGHT TRADER a prostitute
1630 • BANKSIDE LADY a prostitute → UK sl.
………. • CARRY-KNAVE a common prostitute → obs.
1631 • MARY MAGDALEN a prostitute
………. • MERETRICIAN a prostitute → arch.
………. • PLOVER a courtesan or prostitute → obs.
1632 • BELLY-PIECE a prostitute; a whore → obs.
………. • COOLER a woman regarded as being sexually available; a prostitute → obs.
………. • HEN a female prostitute → obs.
1633 • SCOLOPENDRA a prostitute → obs.
1637 • PAINTED LADY a prostitute; a woman of low morals
………. • SHE-DUNKIRK a prostitute → obs.
1640 • NIGHT-BIRD a prostitute → sl.
………. • NIGHT-FOWL a prostitute → sl.
………. • PUNKLING a small or young prostitute → obs.
1641 • BUTTOCK a prostitute → obs.
………. • SISTER OF THE SCABBARD a prostitute → sl., obs.
1642 • BIRD OF YOUTH a prostitute; a promiscuous woman → UK sl.
1647 • HACKNEY-WENCH a prostitute → obs.
1648 • NIGHT-WALKER a prostitute, esp. one who solicits on the streets at night
.M17 • FALLEN ANGEL a prostitute
………. • MUMPER a prostitute → sl.
………. • PUSS a prostitute; a madame
………. • WOMAN OF PLEASURE a prostitute; a sexually loose woman → Brit. sl.
1650 • MOB a prostitute; a promiscuous woman → obs.
1651 • LADY OF THE GAME a prostitute
1652 • LADY OF PLEASURE a prostitute → euphemism
………. • VIZARD a woman of dubious character wearing a mask in public, a prostitute → obs.
1653 • BUTTOCK AND FILE a prostitute who is also a pickpocket
1654 • SHE-TROOPER a prostitute
1659 • MORTAR PIECE a prostitute → UK sl.
1660 • MADAM a prostitute; a kept mistress → obs.
1662 • GIRL a prostitute
………. • NESCOCK • NESTCOCK a prostitute; a wanton woman → Brit.
………. • NESTLECOCK a prostitute; a wanton woman → Brit.
1663 • HIGH-FLYER a high-class, fashionable prostitute or courtesan → sl.
1665 • WOMAN-STRIKER a female prostitute → obs.
1667 • NIECE a prostitute → UK criminals’ euphemism
1670 • QUAEDAM a prostitute → obs.
1671 • SMALL GIRL a prostitute; a mistress → obs.
1672 • FIRESHIP a prostitute → sl., obs.
………. • VISOR-MASK • VIZOR-MASK a prostitute
1673 • WOMAN OF THE TOWN a prostitute → Brit. euphemism
1674 • MARMALADE-MADAM a prostitute; a strumpet → obs.
1675 • PAINTED WOMAN a prostitute; a woman wearing makeup, often considered to be of ill-repute
………. • TOWN MISS a prostitute; a kept woman
………. • TOWN WOMAN a prostitute → euphemism
1676 • CONVENIENT a prostitute → obs.
1677 • CATTLE prostitutes → sl.
………. • CRACK a prostitute; a woman of broken reputation → obs.
………. • LADY OF THE NIGHT a prostitute → euphemism
1678 • HACKNEY LADY a prostitute; a mistress → obs.
………. • LADY OF THE LAKE a prostitute → obs.
………. • SUBURB-DRAB a prostitute; a whore → sl.
………. • TRADING DAME a prostitute; a whore → sl.
1679 • BUTTERED BUN a prostitute; a harlot
1682 • BITCH a prostitute → sl.
………. • NIGHTGOWN LADY a prostitute → euphemism
1683 • DAUGHTER OF JOY a prostitute → euphemism
………. • FAMILY OF LOVE prostitutes
………. • GIRL OF THE GAME a prostitute
1684 • MISS a prostitute; ‘a whore of quality’ → obs.
1686 • RANNELL a prostitute, a dissolute, immoral, or promiscuous woman → obs.
1687 • MAN-LEECH a prostitute; a whore → obs.
1688 • MONKEY a playhouse prostitute → UK sl.
………. • NATURAL a mistress; a prostitute → sl.
………. • OWL a prostitute who works nights only
1688 • TACKLE a prostitute → sl. obs.
1690 • BEAU TRAPS prostitutes waiting for naive victims → criminals’ sl.
………. • BULKER a prostitute; a streetwalker → sl. obs.
………. • LIGHT-FRIGATE a prostitute; a whore → Brit. sl.
1698 • GIGGLER a prostitute → UK criminals’ sl.
………. • MORT WAP-APACE an experienced prostitute → UK criminals’ sl. obs.
………. • ONE OF MY COUSINS a prostitute → sl.
………. • SAD CATTLE prostitutes → UK criminals’ sl.
1699 • BANG-TAIL a prostitute → sl., orig. UK
………. • BELFA • BELLFA • BILFA a prostitute → UK sl.
………. • BLOSS a female prostitute → cant
………. • PAD a prostitute → sl.
………. • STRUM a prostitute; a harlot → sl.
..L17 • ANISEED ROBIN • ANNISEED ROBIN a prostitute
………. • BUTTERED BUN a prostitute; a mistress → sl.
………. • BUTTOCK AND TWANG a prostitute who does not double as a pickpocket
………. • CRACK a prostitute
………. • LIGHT HOUSEWIFE a prostitute; a lewd woman → Brit. cant
………. • MAIDEN-WIFE-WIDOW a prostitute → sl.
………. • MARMULET MADAM a prostitute; a promiscuous woman → sl.
………. • QUEER PRANCER an aging prostitute → UK criminals’ sl.
………. • TICKLE-TAIL FUNCTION a prostitute → sl.
..18C • CANARY • CANARY-BIRD a prostitute → sl.
………. • LADY LAYCOCK a prostitute
………. • LAKER LADY a prostitute → sl.
………. • LICK-SPIGOT a prostitute who performs fellatio → Brit. sl.
………. • NANNY a prostitute; a whore → Brit.
………. • RANTIPOLE • RANTIPOLL a prostitute → sl.
………. • SCRUDGE a prostitute → sl.
..E18 • CRACKED PIECE a prostitute → Brit. sl.
………. • CRACKED PITCHER a prostitute → Brit. sl.
………. • FANCY PIECE a gaudily dressed prostitute → Brit. sl.
………. • MACHINE a prostitute → sl.
………. • SNUFFLING COMMUNITY prostitutes → sl.
1700 • PARTRIDGE a prostitute; a whore → sl.
1701 • GIRL ABOUT THE TOWN a prostitute → obs.
1702 • MISS OF THE TOWN a prostitute; ‘a whore of quality’ → sl.
………. • OYSTER a prostitute
1705 • FILLE DE JOIE a prostitute
………. • SPORTSWOMAN a promiscuous woman; a prostitute → obs.
1706 • GINKER a prostitute → Sc.
………. • MOLLEY • MOLLIE • MOLLY a prostitute → chiefly Irish English
1707 • MOBBED-HEAD a prostitute; a harlot
1711 • GIRL ABOUT TOWN a prostitute → obs.
1721 • BEDFORDSHIRE WOMAN a prostitute → UK sl.
………. • GAMMAR LAYCOCK a prostitute → UK sl.
1725 • GAME a prostitute; a whore → UK sl. obs.
………. • PACK a prostitute; a promiscuous woman → obs.
………. • SCREW a prostitute → sl.
1726 • MOGGY a prostitute; a promiscuous woman → Amer. sl.
1727 • NANNIE • NANNY a prostitute → sl.
1730 • HACK a prostitute; a bawd → sl.
1733 • GIRL OF THE TOWN a prostitute; one belonging to the shady or ‘fast’ side of town life → colloq.
1749 • NYMPH OF THE SHADE a prostitute → sl.
.M18 • SAMPLE OF SIN a prostitute → Brit. euphemism
1752 • FRAIL SISTER a sexually promiscuous woman; a prostitute
………. • TOWN LADY a prostitute → euphemism
1756 • GIRL OF EASE a prostitute → obs.
1760 • ACADEMICIAN a prostitute; an inmate of an ‘academy’ → UK sl.
………. • COUSIN BETTY an itinerant prostitute → sl. obs.
1762 • JACK-WHORE a strong Amazonian sailor’s prostitute → Eng. dial.
1764 • STREET GIRL a girl who lives or works on the streets, a prostitute
1765 • GIRL OF TOWN a prostitute; one belonging to the shady or ‘fast’ side of town life → colloq.
1765 • MOLLISHER a prostitute → UK criminals’ sl.
………. • MONISHER • MONNISHER a prostitute → sl.
1766 • LADY OF EASY VIRTUE a prostitute; a sexually promiscuous woman → euphemism
1771 • KENNEL-NYMPH a prostitute; a girl of the streets
1772 • WOMAN OF EASY VIRTUE a prostitute; a sexually loose woman → euphemism
1773 • MOT • MOTT • MOTTE a prostitute; a harlot → criminals’ sl. obs.
1781 • MOUSE a prostitute arrested for disorderly conduct or brawling → police sl. obs.
1784 • IMPURE a prostitute; a harlot
1785 • ONE OF US a prostitute → sl.
………. • RACER a common prostitute → Sc. obs.
………. • STARGAZER a prostitute, esp. one who works outdoors → sl.
1788 • GAME PULLET a young prostitute → UK sl. obs.
………. • MISS LAYCOCK a prostitute → sl.
1790 • BESOM a prostitute; a low woman → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1796 • TAIL a prostitute → sl.
..L18 • ATHANASIAN WENCH a prostitute; a promiscuous young woman → sl.
………. • DAGGLE-TAIL a prostitute → sl.
………. • EASY VIRTUE a prostitute; a woman who can be persuaded to copulate easily → Brit. sl.
………. • FAGGOT FAGOT a prostitute → sl.
………. • MAT a prostitute → sl.
………. • QUICUMQUE VULT • QUICUNQUE VULT a prostitute → sl.
………. • UNFORTUNATE a prostitute; a ‘fallen woman’ → euphemism
..19C • ARTICHOKE a hideous old prostitute → sl.
………. • ARTICLE a prostitute → Brit. sl.
………. • BEDPRESSER a prostitute; a harlot → sl.
………. • BELTER a prostitute → Eng. dial.
………. • CARRION a prostitute → Brit. sl.
………. • COLUMBINE a prostitute → Brit. sl.
………. • DEADLY NIGHTSHADE a prostitute; a very low prostitute → Brit. sl.
………. • DISORDERLY a prostitute → Brit. sl.
………. • DROMAKY a prostitute → Brit. sl.
………. • EARLY DOOR a prostitute; a whore → Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘whore’
………. • FAST WOMAN a prostitute; a strumpet → sl.
………. • FAST-FUNNY a prostitute; a strumpet → sl.
………. • FORE-AND-AFTER a prostitute offering both vaginal and anal copulation → Brit. sl.
………. • FRESH MEAT a newly fledged prostitute → sl.
………. • FUCKSTRESS a prostitute → Brit. sl.
………. • GARDEN GODDESS a Covent Garden prostitute; a low harlot → UK sl.
………. • GARDEN WHORE a Covent Garden prostitute; a low harlot → UK sl.
………. • GAY-PIECE a prostitute → Brit. & US sl.
………. • GENTOO a prostitute → S. Afr. sl.
………. • GOOSE a prostitute → Brit. sl.
………. • GUTTERSNIPE a low prostitute; a common whore → colloq.
………. • HIVER a prostitute → US sl.
………. • JANE SHORE a prostitute → Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘whore’
………. • KID-LEATHER young prostitutes in general
………. • KNOCK-‘EM-DOWN a prostitute → Brit. sl.
………. • LIFT-SKIRTS a prostitute → Brit.
………. • MERRY LEGS a prostitute → Brit. sl.
………. • NECESSARY a prostitute; a female companion to be used sexually → Brit. sl.
………. • NOCKSTRESS a prostitute → Brit. sl.
………. • PRIVATEER an independent prostitute → euphemism
………. • RORY O’ MORE a prostitute; a whore → Brit. rhyming sl.
………. • SLOOP OF WAR a prostitute → rhyming sl. for ‘whore’
………. • SPORTER a prostitute → W. Indies
………. • SPORTGIRL a prostitute → W. Indies
………. • STRAM a prostitute; a strumpet → Brit. sl.
………. • TAILIST a prostitute → sl.
………. • VIRTUE AFTER a prostitute → US
………. • WOMAN OF ACCOMMODATING MORALS a prostitute; a sexually loose woman → Brit. sl.
..E19 • ACCOMMODATION BEAUTY a prostitute → sl.
………. • AMMUNITION WIFE a prostitute
………. • BON TON superior prostitutes; courtesans → sl.
………. • ENDLESS BELT a prostitute → Aust. sl.
………. • FLY-BY-NIGHT a prostitute → Brit. sl.
………. • HAT an old prostitute; a prostitute of long standing → sl.
………. • LADY OF EXPANSIVE SENSIBILITY a prostitute → Brit. sl.
………. • LAND-PIRATE a thieving prostitute → sl.
………. • MISFORTUNATE a prostitute
………. • UNFORTUNATE WOMAN a prostitute → sl.
1800 • NYMPH OF DELIGHT a prostitute → sl.
………. • PINTLE-MONGER a prostitute → sl.
1801 • FANCY PIECE a prostitute; a mistress
1807 • CYTHEREAN a prostitute attached to a heathen temple in India
1808 • PAIKIE a prostitute; a streetwalker → Sc.
1809 • LOOSE FISH a prostitute → Brit. sl.
……… • WAPPING MOLL a prostitute → US sl.
1811 • RECEIVER-GENERAL a prostitute → sl., obs.
1813 • HAWKIE a prostitute; a whore → Sc. sl.
1819 • BLOWEN a prostitute → sl.
………. • MOLL a prostitute
1820 • BANKSIDE BEAUTY a prostitute; a harlot → UK sl.
………. • HETAERA • HETAIRA a courtesan, a prostitute
1821 • BIT OF MUSLIN a young prostitute → sl.
………. • FLASH-MOLLISHER a showy prostitute → sl.
………. • THE GIRLS prostitutes → colloq.
1824 • FANCY GIRL a prostitute → US sl.
………. • FANCY WOMAN a prostitute; a harlot → US sl.
1825 • BANGSTER a prostitute; a sexually loose woman
………. • BESYNE a prostitute; a whore → Sc.
1826 • GAY LADY a prostitute → sl.
1827 • BIRD OF PARADISE a prostitute; a promiscuous woman → UK sl.
………. • NYMPH OF THE PAVÉ a prostitute → sl.
1829 • ZUCKE an old prostitute; an ‘unfortunate’ (prostitute) in dilapidated circumstances → Aust. & US sl.
1830 • GAME WOMAN a prostitute; a harlot → sl.
………. • GAY-BIT a prostitute; a harlot → Brit. & US sl.
………. • NAUGHTY DICKEY-BIRD a prostitute → sl.
1834 • SHICKSTER a prostitute; a promiscuous woman → obs.
1835 • GIRL OF THE PAVÉ a prostitute → UK sl.
………. • HOOKER a prostitute; a streetwalker → sl., orig. & chiefly US
1838 • BED-FAGGOT a prostitute → Eng. dial.
………. • GAY GIRL a prostitute → sl.
1846 • CHARVER a promiscuous woman; a prostitute → sl.
………. • FIELD WHORE a prostitute → derogatory
………. • FRAIL a prostitute → sl.
………. • MOONTROTTER a prostitute → Aust. sl.
………. • TAIL-PIECE a prostitute → sl.
1849 • NEEDLE-WOMAN a prostitute; a harlot → Brit. sl.
………. • ONE OF THEM a prostitute → euphemism
.M19 • BURERK • BURICK a prostitute → sl.
………. • CALICO QUEEN a prostitute → US sl.
………. • EVENING STAR a prostitute → US sl.
………. • FANDANGO GIRL a prostitute → US sl.
………. • GOOK a prostitute; a streetwalker → sl.
………. • INCOGNITA a high-class prostitute → sl.
………. • JACK a low-ranking prostitute → UK criminals’ sl.
………. • LEASE-PIECE a prostitute → US
………. • LORETTE a prostitute → euphemism
………. • PARLOR HOUSE GIRL a prostitute who works in a sophisticated, up-market brothel → US sl.
………. • PARLOR QUEEN a prostitute who works in a sophisticated, up-market brothel → US sl.
………. • PRESENTERER a prostitute
………. • SHAKE a prostitute → sl.
………. • SIDEWALK SUSIE a prostitute → US sl.
………. • SPORTING LADY a prostitute; esp. when employed in a brothel → sl.
………. • WREN a prostitute who specialized in army camps → sl.
1850 • OLD HAGGUMS an old prostitute → UK criminals’ sl.
1851 • GAL a prostitute; a harlot → colloq. obs.
………. • HAYBAG a prostitute who is fat and usually dissipated or dissolute → Amer. sl.
1855 • BAYADEER a prostitute (Bk.)
………. • LOOSE-KIRTLE a prostitute; a wanton woman (kirtle = woman’s gown) → arch.
………. • SHENA a prostitute
1858 • BADGE a prostitute; esp. one who participates in a scheme to rob her clients → US sl.
………. • BADGER a prostitute; esp. one who participates in a scheme to rob her clients → US sl.
1859 • CAB-MOLL a prostitute addicted professionally to cabs and trains → sl.
………. • GOOH a prostitute → US criminals’ sl.
………. • ZUCHE an aging, run-down prostitute → US criminals’ sl.
1860 • SHOFUL PULLET a promiscuous woman; a prostitute → UK sl., obs.
1861 • HORSEBREAKER a courtesan; a prostitute → obs.
………. • PRETTY HORSE BREAKER a high-class prostitute; originally, a woman hired to ride in Hyde Park → obs.
1862 • ANONYMA a prostitute; a high-class prostitute → Brit.
………. • BAWDY a prostitute → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
………. • PROFESSIONAL a prostitute → colloq.
1865 • FLAGGER a prostitute; a streetwalker → sl.
………. • MOTH a prostitute; a prostitute who prowls in the night → sl.
………. • SOILED-DOVE a prostitute
1866 • NIT a prostitute; a sexually loose woman
1867 • BAG a prostitute; a sexually promiscuous woman → US sl.
………. • COCODETTE a French prostitute of the fashionable world
………. • COCOTTE a prostitute; one of a class of the demi-monde of Paris
………. • GARRISON HACK a military prostitute; a soldier’s drab → US sl.
………. • ZOOK • ZUKE an old and worn-out old prostitute; a veteran prostitute → sl.
1868 • FLASH-TAIL a prostitute → sl.
1871 • PICK-UP a prostitute, esp. one who solicits clients on the street
………. • QUEEN’S WOMAN a prostitute who received medical attention under the terms of the Contagious Diseases Acts of the 1860s → US sl.
1873 • BANDYLAN • BANDYLOW a prostitute; a woman of dissolute character → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
………. • NIGHT-HUNTER a prostitute → sl.
1877 • BESSY a prostitute; a harlot → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1878 • IDLE HIZZY a prostitute; a whore → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1879 • CALSAY-PAIKER • CAUSEY-PAIKER a prostitute; a streetwalker → Sc.
1881 • BAWDY BASKET a prostitute (Bk.)
………. • HAYRACK a prostitute who is fat and usually dissipated or dissolute → Amer. sl.
1883 • CHROMO a prostitute → Aust. sl.
1884 • JORO a prostitute → Japanese
1885 • CHIPPIE • CHIPPY an amateur prostitute who works only occasionally → sl.
1886 • BEBEE a prostitute → Anglo-Indian
………. • CHIPPIE • CHIPPY a prostitute → Amer. dial.
………. • FLY GIRL a prostitute → obs.
………. • NYMPH OF THE PAVEMENT a prostitute → sl.
………. • TARTLET a young prostitute → colloq., chiefly derogatory
1887 • JERKER a prostitute → sl.
………. • ONICKER a prostitute → sl.
………. • SPORTING-GIRL a prostitute → US sl.
………. • W.H. a prostitute; a whore → euphemism
1888 • HORIZONTAL a prostitute → sl.
1889 • BARRACK HACK a girl who prowls about barracks for purposes of prostitution, generally the lowest of the low → UK sl. (Bk.)
………. • CHARVERING DONA ֳ• CHARVERING DONER • CHARVERING DONNA • CHAUVERING DONA • CHAUVERING DONER • CHAUVERING DONNA a prostitute → sl.
………. • RABBIT-PIE a prostitute; a harlot → UK sl.
………. • WARM ‘UN a prostitute; a harlot → sl.
1890 • ABANDONS street prostitutes → sl. (Bk.)
………. • NIGHT POACHER a prostitute → sl.
………. • NOCKTRESS a prostitute → sl.
………. • WRONG ‘UN a prostitute; a whore → sl.
1890 • NAFKA • NAFKEH • NAFTKEH • NOFFGUR • NOFFKA a prostitute → sl.
………. • NOCTURNE a prostitute → sl.
………. • NYMPH OF DARKNESS a prostitute → sl.
………. • WOMAN OF THE NIGHT a female prostitute → euphemism
1891 • BACHELOR’S WIFE a prostitute → US sl. (Bk.)
………. • BAGLE a prostitute; a whore → sl. (Bk.)
………. • BANBURY-WIFE a prostitute; a whore → sl. (Bk.)
………BED-PIECE a prostitute; a whore (Bk.)
………. • BIT-OF-MUTTON a prostitute → sl. (Bk.)
………. • BIT-OF-STUFF a prostitute → sl. (Bk.)
1892 • CHIP a prostitute → Amer. sl.
1893 • BAUBEE JOE • BAWBEE JO a prostitute; a street-walker; a lover hired for a ‘bawbee’ (a halfpenny) → Sc.
………. • FLAPPER a very young prostitute → sl. (Bk.)
………. • FLASH-GIRL a showy prostitute → sl. (Bk.)
………. • FLASH-MOLL a showy prostitute → sl. (Bk.)
………. • FLASH-PIECE a showy prostitute → sl. (Bk.)
………. • FLASH-WOMAN a showy prostitute → sl. (Bk.)
………. • FLOSSY a sexually promiscuous woman; a prostitute → colloq., chiefly Aust.
1894 • BADGER WORKER a prostitute who tricks her clients, and allows them to be robbed by a supposed ‘husband’ or ‘brother’ → US sl.
………. • TART a prostitute → sl.
1898 • BADGER MOLL a prostitute who tricks her client → US sl.
………. • BATTLER a prostitute; esp. a self-managed prostitute → Aust. sl.
1899 • FLOOZY a sexually promiscuous woman; a prostitute → colloq.
..L19 • CAB MAT a prostitute → sl.
………. • CHAMPAGNE GLASS a prostitute → sl.
………. • CHAMPAGNER a fashionable prostitute → sl.
………. • DEAD MEAT a prostitute; esp. an older woman → sl.
………. • EWE-MUTTON an aging prostitute; an amateur prostitute → sl.
………. • FLY a prostitute; a wanton woman → Brit. sl.
………. • FUNKER a prostitute who quits the streets when the weather is bad → sl.
………. • HOP-PICKER a prostitute → sl.
………. • HOPPING WIFE a prostitute → sl.
………. • NAFFGUR • NOFFGUR a prostitute → Brit. sl., possibly back-slang
………. • SOAP prostitutes → sl.
………. • SPLIT-ARSE MECHANIC a prostitute → sl.
………. • ST. JOHN’S WOOD DONA an up-market prostitute or kept woman → sl.
………. • WRONG ‘UN a prostitute → sl.
..20C • AFKOP an aging prostitute → S. Afr. sl.
………. • ANGEL a prostitute; orig. one who worked around the Angel, Islington, North London → sl.
………. • ANIMAL a prostitute → US sl.
………. • ARTICLE a woman exported to the Argentine to become a prostitute → White slavers’ cant
………. • BROKEN OAR a prostitute; a whore → Brit. rhyming sl.
………. • COCK-EYED JENNY a prostitute → US sl.
………. • DEAD PICKER a prostitute who robs drunken clients → Irish sl.
………. • ERRING SISTER a prostitute → euphemism
………. • FAIRY a garishly-dressed prostitute → Brit. sl.
………. • FALLEN WOMAN a prostitute → US euphemism
………. • FLAT FLOOSIE a prostitute who operates from a room or a flat → US sl.
………. • FLIPPER a young prostitute → sl.
………. • FREE RIDE a prostitute → US sl.
………. • GULL a prostitute; one who frequents the coastal area → US sl.
………. • GUTTER SLUT a poor prostitute; a common whore → Amer. sl., derogatory
………. • HOT BEEF a prostitute → sl.
………. • HOT MEAT a prostitute → sl.
………. • HOT MUTTON a prostitute → sl.
………. • JADED JENNY a prostitute → US sl.
………. • JAGABAT a prostitute → Trinidad usage
………. • LAY a prostitute → US colloq.
………. • LEWD WOMAN a prostitute; a sexually loose woman → US euphemism
………. • LOST LADY a prostitute → US colloq.
………. • MOLL GANG prostitutes who attempt to lure other women into a life of prostitution by painting a false picture of the true conditions → White slavers’ & criminals’ sl.
………. • NYMPH DU PAVE a prostitute; a streetwalker → US sl.
………. • ORGAN-GRINDER a prostitute; a sexually loose woman → sl.
………. • PRINCESS OF THE PAVEMENT a prostitute → Aust. sl.
………. • PUNCHABLE NUN a prostitute → Brit. sl.
………. • RATTLESNAKE a prostitute → Aust. sl.
………. • SAUSAGE-GRINDER a prostitute → sl.
………. • SCROUSHER a prostitute → Aust. & NZ sl.
………. • STRING OF PONIES a collection of prostitutes
………. • THOROUGHBRED a skilled prostitute → US prostitutes’ usage
………. • UNDERWEIGHT a girl under twenty-one exported to the Argentine to become a prostitute there → UK White slavers’ usage
………. • VENT-RENTER a prostitute → US sl.
………. • VICE SISTER a prostitute → US sl.
………. • WAJAN • WAJANG • WAJANK a prostitute; a promiscuous woman, esp. from the slums → W. Indies sl.
………. • WHISKER a prostitute → US sl.
………. • WHORE-BITCH a prostitute → US sl.
………. • WINDOW-GIRL a prostitute; an inmate of a ‘window tappery’ (brothel) → US criminals’ sl.
………. • WINDOW-TAPPER a prostitute; an inmate of a ‘window tappery’ (brothel) → US criminals’ sl.
………. • WOMAN ABOUT TOWN a prostitute → Brit. euphemism
………. • WOMAN OF A CERTAIN CLASS a prostitute → Brit. euphemism
………. • WOMAN OF LOOSE MORALS a prostitute; a sexually loose woman → US sl.
………. • WOP a prostitute → Aust. sl.
..E20 • BIM a prostitute → Amer. sl.
………. • FLOOSEY • FLOOSIE • FLOOSY • FLOOZIE • FLUZIE a prostitute → sl.
………. • FLOSSIE a prostitute → sl.
………. • HOTEL HOTSY a prostitute → US sl.
………. • KIFE a prostitute → US criminals’ sl.
………. • LADY OF LEISURE a prostitute → US criminals’ sl.
………. • LOOSE-LOVE LADY a prostitute → US sl.
………. • OVERNIGHT-BAG a prostitute → US sl.
………. • SAILOR’S BAIT a prostitute → US sl.
………. • SIN-SISTER a prostitute → US sl.
1900 • CALL GIRL a prostitute; esp. one who may be engaged by telephone → Amer. sl.
………. • GIRL OF THE PAVEMENT a prostitute → colloq.
………. • GIG a prostitute → Sc. (Bk.)
………. • DUSTY BUTT a low-grade, unattractive prostitute → African-American sl.
………. • OLD LADY a pimp’s prostitute → African-American sl.
………. • OMNIBUS a prostitute → sl.
………. • ROLLER a prostitute who specializes in robbing drunks → US sl.
………. • SCRUB a disreputable woman; a prostitute → sl., derogatory
1902 • PROS • PROSS a prostitute → sl.
………. • PROSSIE • PROSSY • PROZZY a prostitute → Amer. sl.
………. • PUSHER a female prostitute → sl.
1903 • DICKEY-BIRD a prostitute → sl. (Bk.)
1904 • PALLIASSE a prostitute → sl. (Bk.)
………. • SUBURB-WENCH a prostitute; a whore → sl. (Bk.)
………. • TAIL-TRADER a prostitute → sl.
………. • TAIL-WORKER a prostitute → sl.
1905 • BLISTER a prostitute; an immoral woman → Amer. dial.
………. • HACKY • WHACKY a prostitute → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
………. • MOLLY a girl; a slut; a prostitute (Bk.)
………. • RED-LIGHTER a prostitute → US, obs.
1906 • CREEPER a prostitute who steals from her clients while they are asleep or unconscious → sl., orig. US
1908 • LUSH-WORKER a prostitute who extorts money from a man by trickery, blackmail, blandishments, or robs him when drunk → Amer. sl.
1909 • CAKE a prostitute → sl., orig. Aust.
………. • SAL SLAPPERS a prostitute; a promiscuous woman
1910 • DIRTY NECK a French prostitute → Amer. World War I sl.
………. • LUSHER a prostitute who preys on drunken customers → sl.
………. • SKIBBY • SKIPPY an Oriental prostitute → US sl.
………. • WOMAN OF THE STREET a female prostitute who solicits clients in the street
1912 • SALLY a homosexual prostitute → US prison sl.
………. • TOMMY a prostitute → US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1913 • GAY WOMAN a prostitute → sl. (Bk.)
………. • STRING a group of prostitutes working for the same person or organization → US sl.
1914 • BROAD a prostitute → N. Amer. sl.
………. • CREEP a prostitute who steals from her clients while they are asleep or unconscious → sl., orig. US
………. • GASH a prostitute → sl.
………. • MUFF a prostitute → sl., orig. US
1915 • BIT OF FLUFF a prostitute → sl.
………. • MESSER a ‘near’ prostitute; an amateur not above taking money or a present → Brit. prostitutes’ sl.
………. • NIGHTCAP a prostitute → sl.
………. • NIGHT-HAWK a prostitute → Aust. sl.
1916 • PIG a prostitute; a promiscuous woman → US, derogatory
………. • SATIN a prostitute → sl. (Bk.)
………. • TABBY a prostitute → Aust. & US criminals’ sl.
………. • WAGON a prostitute → Irish & US sl.
………. • WHORE’S ROBBER a ‘near’ prostitute; an amateur not above taking money or a present → Brit. prostitutes’ sl.
………. • ZUCKS a dilapidated prostitute → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1917 • ACTRESS a prostitute → euphemism
1918 • HOOK a prostitute; a harlot; a hooker → Amer. sl.
………. • PICK-ME-UP a person willing to be picked up; a prostitute → colloq.
………. • SALESLADY a prostitute; a confident, experienced whore → criminals’ sl.
1919 • SCARLET WOMAN a prostitute, a notoriously immoral woman → derogatory
1920 • BELCHER a prostitute who insists on justifying her occupation to customers who are more interested in other things → criminals’ sl
………. • COOSIE • COOZEY • COOZIE • COOZY a prostitute → sl., chiefly US
………. • GIRL AT EASE a prostitute (Bk.)
………. • RAT the lowest rank of prostitute → US & W. Indies sl.
1921 • COOSE • COOZE • COUSE a prostitute → US sl.
1922 • SHAWL a common prostitute → Irish sl.
1923 • BUM a sexually promiscuous woman; a prostitute → US sl.
1924 • HUSTLER a prostitute → sl.
1925 • BINT a prostitute → euphemism
………. • HORSE a prostitute who works as a member of a ‘stable’ → Amer. sl.
………. • LADY OF THE EVENING a prostitute → euphemism
1926 • ALLEY-CAT a prostitute; esp. one who prowls in the night → Amer. sl.
1927 • GARBAGE CAN a filthy old prostitute → Amer. sl.
………. • GLUE NECK a dirty prostitute → Amer. sl.
………. • GLUEPOT a dirty prostitute → Amer. sl.
………. • ROUND-HEELER a sexually promiscuous woman, esp. a prostitute
1928 • BADGER GAME WORKER a prostitute who tricks her clients, and allows them to be robbed by a supposed ‘husband’ or ‘brother’ → Amer. sl.
………. • BASIS a pimp’s favourite prostitute, the one he might marry when he retires → criminals’ sl.
………. • BEEFSTEAK a prostitute controlled by a pimp → criminals’ sl.
………. • WORKING GIRL a prostitute → euphemism, orig. US
1929 • BIMBO a prostitute → sl.
………. • GERTIE a prostitute; a promiscuous woman → UK sl.
1930 • BABOON a very hard-working prostitute → US criminals’ sl.
………. • BOONG MOLL a prostitute who prefers Aborigine clients
………. • CALL MOM a prostitute who advertises her services through an agency, through the (print) media, in telephone kiosks, etc., and visits a client in his own home or hotel room → sl., orig. US
………. • CHARITY DAME a prostitute undercutting the prices → Aust. cant
………. • CHRO a prostitute → sl.
………. • FOR-FREE a prostitute undercutting the prices → Aust. cant
………. • LADY an independent, high-class prostitute → African-American sl.
………. • LEG WORKER a prostitute; a streetwalker → US sl.
………. • MARE a prostitute → sl.
………. • PROSTIE • PROSTY a prostitute → US sl.
………. • PROSTISCIUTTO a female prostitute regarded metaphorically as an item on a menu
………. • SHUTTER-GIRL a prostitute working from a room with shutters, attracting customers from the street → US sl.
………. • WORKING BROAD a prostitute
………. • WORKING CHICK a prostitute
………. • WORKING WOMAN a prostitute
1931 • BRASS NOB a prostitute → sl.
………. • QUIFF a prostitute → sl.
1932 • MAGGIE a prostitute; a streetwalker → US sl.
1934 • BAG-SLINGER a prostitute; a streetwalker → US sl.
………. • BRASS (NAIL) a prostitute → rhyming sl. for ‘tail’
1935 • BLADDER an aging or unattractive prostitute; the implication is of diseased matter → US criminals’ sl.
………. • KELSEY a prostitute → US carnival sl.
………. • NOTCH GIRL a prostitute or a sexually promiscuous woman → US sl.
………. • ORPHAN a prostitute who works without a pimp → US criminals’ sl.
………. • OUTLAW a prostitute working without the protection of a pimp → US sl.
………. • OUTSIDE GIRL a street prostitute → sl.
………. • RAGS a cheap prostitute; a low-class harlot → US sl.
………. • SCUPPER a prostitute → sl.
1936 • BIBI a prostitute → Anglo-Indian euphemism
………. • MODEL a prostitute → euphemism
………. • SAND RAT a cheap prostitute → British army usage
1937 • GINTU a prostitute → S. Afr.
………. • MYSTERY a young or inexperienced prostitute → sl.
………. • PAVEMENT POUNDER a prostitute → colloq., orig. US
………. • PRO a prostitute → euphemism
………. • STABLE a group of prostitutes working for the same person or organization
1938 • B-GIRL a part-time prostitute, who frequents bars and uses them as a base for soliciting → US military sl.
1939 • ONE-WAY GIRL a prostitute who offers only ‘straight’ intercourse → US criminals’ sl.
1940 • BAGEROO a prostitute → US sl.
………. • BLANKET WIFE a prostitute → World War II Amer. sl.
………. • BUTT PEDDLER a prostitute → US sl.
………. • CHARLEY • CHARLIE a prostitute → Aust. sl.
………. • CRUISER a prostitute; a streetwalker → World War II Amer. sl.
………. • GRUNTER a prostitute → Aust. sl.
………. • MUD KICKER a prostitute who seeks business on the streets, a streetwalker
………. • ODDS a woman who will support her partner through prostitution → US criminals’ sl.
………. • PREKE a low-class prostitute
………. • PREKY a low-class prostitute
………. • TOP WOMAN a senior or most favoured prostitute among a group working for a given pimp → sl.
………. • WET DECK a prostitute who does serial sex acts → Amer. sl.
1941 • BARREN JOEY a prostitute → Aust. sl.
………. • MALLEE ROOT a prostitute → Aust. rhyming sl.
………. • TOM a prostitute → police and criminal sl.
1942 • ASS PEDDLER a prostitute → US sl.
………. • GIN a Black prostitute → US sl.
………. • GIRL BELOW THE LINE a prostitute → US sl.
………. • NAUTCH BROAD a prostitute working in a brothel → Amer. sl.
………. • TAIL PEDDLER a prostitute → Amer. sl.
1944 • PUSHER a prostitute → sl.
………. • ROUND HEELS a sexually promiscuous woman, esp. a prostitute
………. • TARRY ROPE a prostitute who works the waterfront → Aust. criminals’ sl.
1945 • BEAT MOLL a prostitute who walks the streets for trade of her profession → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
………. • BIKE a prostitute; a woman regarded as promiscuous → sl., orig. Aust.
………. • GINGERER a prostitute who robs a man by taking money from his clothes → Aust. sl.
………. • GIRLS OF THE LINE prostitutes → US Western sl. (Bk.)
………. • NYMPHS DU PRAIRIE prostitutes → US Western sl. (Bk.)
………. • PAINTED CAT a prostitute; a frontier harlot → US Western colloq. (Bk.)
………. • TOWN BIKE a prostitute → derogatory
1945 • TRUG a prostitute of the lowest class → US Western sl. (Bk.)
1946 • POULE-DE-LUXE a prostitute; a “luxury hen” → French
1948 • PUTA a prostitute; a promiscuous woman → Aust. & US sl.
1949 • BAND a prostitute; a woman of easy morals
………. • NOTCH MOLL a prostitute → US criminals’ sl.
………. • OLD PATROL an old prostitute → US sl.
………. • SARDINE a prostitute; a low, smelly prostitute → US sl.
.M20 • FISH a prostitute; a sexually loose woman → US sl.
………. • FLESH-PEDDLER a prostitute → US sl.
………. • FUCK-FREAK a prostitute who is obsessed with copulation → US sl.
………. • HARPIE a prostitute → sl.
………. • HOT ROCKS a prostitute → US sl.
………. • HUMP a prostitute; a sexually loose woman → US sl.
………. • LEG a prostitute; a promiscuous woman → US sl.
………. • NOTCH-BROAD a prostitute → US sl.
………. • PEDDLE-SNATCH a prostitute → US sl.
………. • PIG-MEAT a prostitute; a sexually loose woman → US sl.
………. • SAILOR’S DELIGHT a prostitute → US sl.
………. • SHADY LADY a Black prostitute → US sl.
………. • SKIRT a prostitute → US sl.
………. • SNATCH-PEDDLER a prostitute → US sl.
………. • SPEEDY SISTER a prostitute → US criminals’ sl.
………. • STREET SISTER a prostitute → US sl.
………. • WEEKEND HO a prostitute who usually only works on weekends or during conventions → African-American sl.
………. • WEEKEND WARRIOR a ‘weekend’ or occasional prostitute → US sl.
1950 • BEAST a prostitute; a lewd woman → US sl.
………. • CRO • CROW a prostitute → Aust. sl.
………. • GIPSY • GYPSY a prostitute who travels around for trade or lives in a trailer park → US sl.
………. • HO • HOE a prostitute → sl., orig. African-American
………. • OLD PRO an old prostitute
………. • PAN-PAN a Japanese prostitute working independently on the streets
1951 • B-BROAD a part-time prostitute, who frequents bars and uses them as a base for soliciting → sl., orig. US
………. • MOOSE a Japanese or Korean prostitute → US military in the Far East
………. • SCARLET SISTER a prostitute → US sl.
………. • WEARY WINNY a prostitute who seeks customers on the street → US sl.
1952 • BARNYARD HEN a prostitute working for a given pimp, other than his most important or ‘head chick’ → US criminals’ sl.
………. • BEAVE a prostitute → US sl.
………. • PIECE OF CHIPPY a prostitute → US sl.
1953 • NOAH’S ARK a prostitute → rhyming sl. (rhymes on ‘Noah’s = [wh]’oes in a Cockney pronunciation)
1954 • HOSTESS a prostitute → US sl.
………. • HUSTLING GAL a prostitute → US sl.
1957 • BARFLY a prostitute who works from a bar → sl.
………. • WIFE-IN-LAW a prostitute in relation to another prostitute working for the same pimp → US sl.
1958 • TWOPENNY UPRIGHT a prostitute → sl.
1959 • BELT a prostitute → Aust. sl.
………. • SCRUBBER a prostitute → sl.
………. • SLACK a prostitute → sl.
1960 • BOTTOM WOMAN the best patronized and most dependable woman in a pimp’s covey of prostitutes
………. • LADIES prostitutes → African-American sl.
………. • NAG a prostitute who takes her time over making her daily money from her clients → US sl.
………. • OLD TOM a prostitute catering to lesbians → US sl.
………. • PARTY GIRL a prostitute → US sl.
………. • VET an aging, experienced, or worn-out prostitute → sl.
………. • YUM-YUM TART a prostitute → euphemism
1961 • BABY PRO a very, very young prostitute, one under the age of legal consent → US sl.
………. • OLD BAG an elderly, slatternly prostitute → UK sl.
1962 • DIRTY-LEG a prostitute; a promiscuous woman → US sl.
………. • SUZIE WONG a prostitute in Hong Kong who consorts with visiting servicemen → sl.
………. • YUM-YUM GIRL a prostitute → euphemism
1963 • GRAND HORIZONTAL a prostitute → sl.
1964 • AUNT a prostitute up in years → US sl.
………. • AUNTIE a prostitute up in years → US sl.
………. • BUSINESS GIRL a prostitute → euphemism
………. • MATTRESS a prostitute → US sl.
………. • QUEENIE a prostitute → US sl.
1965 • BICYCLE a prostitute; a promiscuous woman → sl.
………. • BITCH a female prostitute managed or controlled by a pimp → colloq.
………. • JAMETTE a prostitute → W. Indies sl.
………. • LINCOLN a five-dollar prostitute; a flashy prostitute; a showy harlot → US sl.
1966 • BAR-HOG a part-time prostitute, who frequents bars and uses them as a base for soliciting→ US sl.
………. • GINGER a prostitute who robs her customer of his wallet → sl.
………. • HO a prostitute → sl., chiefly US, orig. African-American
………. • SISTER-IN-LAW a procurer’s prostitute who has lost his affections (Bk.)
………. • VEGETARIAN a prostitute who will not perform fellatio, i.e. who will not ‘eat meat’ → sl., orig. US
………. • WALK-IN a prostitute → US sl.
1967 • BOTTOM BITCH the pimp’s favourite of the prostitutes working for him; the leader of the prostitutes → US sl.
………. • HARD LEG an experienced, cynical prostitute → US sl.
1968 • ALLEY BAT a prostitute
………. • BAG-SWINGER a prostitute; a streetwalker → Aust. sl.
………. • BATTERY GIRL a prostitute who is subject to a controlling supply of drugs, etc., and consequently is managed and kept in a similar way to a battery hen → UK sl.
………. • FAMILY a group of prostitutes and their pimp
………. • PODGY a prostitute → US Korean war usage
………. • QUEEN a prostitute → US sl.
1969 • BOTTOM WOMAN the pimp’s favourite of the prostitutes working for him; the leader of the prostitutes → US sl.
1970 • DIRTY LEG a prostitute; a promiscuous girl (Bk.)
………. • INGOGO a cheap prostitute → S. Afr. sl.
………. • SKANK a prostitute → US sl.
………. • SLAG a prostitute → sl.
………. • SNUFF DIPPER a prostitute working from a car → US sl.
………. • TART a homosexual prostitute → homosexual sl.
………. • WORKER a prostitute
1972 • B-GIRL a prostitute who cadges drinks in a bar (Bk.)
………. • LADY a prostitute, usually as associated with a particular pimp → US sl.
………. • MESSALINA a prostitute → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
………. • RACEHORSE an accomplished, sought-after prostitute; an up-market prostitute → US sl.
………. • SADIE a prostitute → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
………. • SCALY LEG a promiscuous woman; a common prostitute → US sl.
………. • STABLE SISTER a prostitute in relation to the other prostitutes in a pimp’s stable → US sl.
………. • TALONA a prostitute → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
………. • TANK a worn-out old prostitute → sl.
………. • TAPIN a prostitute → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
………. • WANTON WOMAN a prostitute → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
………. • YES-GIRL a prostitute → homosexual sl. obs. (Bk.)
1973 • BOTTOM GIRL the pimp’s favourite of the prostitutes working for him; the leader of the prostitutes → US sl.
………. • BUNTER a prostitute
1974 • BASHER a prostitute → Aust sl.
1975 • SHANK a prostitute → US sl. (Bk.)
1976 • HIGHWAY PRINCESS a prostitute; esp. one who works at truck stops → US sl.
………. • NAG an aging prostitute → sl.
………. • PAVEMENT PRINCESS a prostitute who touts for business over the radio network → Citizens’ band jargon
………. • STABLE OF LACE prostitutes associated with one pimp → US sl.
1977 • BLACK-EYED SUSAN a prostitute → euphemism
………. • BLUE FOOT a prostitute
………. • DAILY (MAIL) a prostitute; a sexually available woman → UK rhyming sl. for ‘tail’
………. • MOTHER the senior member of a pimp’s stable of prostitutes → African-American sl.
………. • SCANK • SKANK a prostitute → US sl.
1979 • PARLOR GIRL a prostitute who works in a sophisticated, up-market brothel → US sl.
1980 • BAHNHOF QUEEN a German prostitute or streetwalker → US sl.
………. • BEND a prostitute → rap music sl.
………. • INDUSTRIAL DEBUTANTE a prostitute who specializes in attending US business conventions → US sl.
1981 • GAY WENCH a prostitute; a sexually loose woman → US sl. (Bk.)
1982 • ASIAN MOLL a prostitute with an Asian customer base → US sl.
………. • BLACK VELVET a dark-skinned prostitute → euphemism
………. • MAMA-SAN an East Asian woman who is a prostitute or the lover of a US serviceman → Amer. sl.
………. • ZONA a prostitute → Jewish (Bk.)
1983 • BIRD an experienced, tough female prostitute → African-American sl.
………. • MOONLIGHTER a prostitute → sl.
………. • NAG a prostitute who takes her time over making her daily money from her clients → US sl.
………. • OPEN GAME a prostitute with no specific affiliation to one pimp → US sl.
1984 • BANHOF QUEEN a prostitute; a streetwalker → US military usage (Bk.)
………. • BIT OF MUTTON a woman, esp. a prostitute → sl. (Bk.)
1986 • BLACK MARIA a Black prostitute → US sl.
………. • GINGER GIRL a prostitute who robs her customer of his wallet → US sl.
1987 • LINE the prostitutes in a brothel who are available for sex at a given moment
………. • LOT LIZARD a prostitute who works at truck stops → US trucking sl.
………. • MINNESOTA MULE a prostitute recently arrived in New York City from a small town or city → US sl.
1989 • SADIE THOMPSON a prostitute (Bk.)
1990 • AWAYDAY GIRL a prostitute who lives outside London and commutes in to pick up clients in the metropolis
………. • BABY JANE a child or underage female prostitute → US sl.
………. • NAAI a prostitute → S. Afr. sl.
1992 • APARTMENT GIRL a prostitute who works out of her own apartment or comes to a customer’s apartment
………. • BAD WOMAN a prostitute → Amer. South (Bk.)
………. • BARNACLE a prostitute → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
………. • BEARD a low-class prostitute → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
………. • BIMMY a prostitute → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
………. • PAID WOMAN a prostitute → Amer. South (Bk.)
………. • WOMEN IN THE BUSINESS prostitutes → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1993 • FLATBACKER a prostitute
1995 • BIT OF MEAT a prostitute → sl. (Bk.)
………. • TAXI DRINKER a prostitute → sl. (Bk.)
1996 • SIX-TO-SIX a prostitute → Fiji sl.
1997 • GEEK MONSTER a woman who is a crack addict and whores herself for hits → US students’ sl.
………. • SIDEWINDER a South Asian prostitute → US sl.
1998 • SKEEGERS • SKEEZERS a crack-smoking prostitute → drug culture sl. (Bk.)
………. • STRAWBERRY a prostitute who will trade sex for cocaine → drug culture sl. (Bk.)
1999 • BAG BRIDE a prostitute who is addicted to crack cocaine → drug culture sl.
2000 • NEWBEE • NEWBIE • NEWBY a neophyte prostitute → African-American sl.
………. • YATTY a prostitute; a promiscuous girl → Black British sl., derogatory
2002 • CIRCUIT GIRL a travelling prostitute → US sl.
2004 • ZSA ZSA GABOR a prostitute; a whore → UK rhyming sl. (Bk.)
2007 • BRASS a prostitute (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON, MALE
1558 • GANYMEDE a young male prostitute
1598 • SELLARY a male homosexual prostitute
………. • SPINTRY a male prostitute → obs.
1603 • BEAST a male homosexual prostitute → sl.
1606 • VARLET a male prostitute → obs.
.M17 • HE-WHORE a male homosexual prostitute → sl.
1726 • BITCH a male prostitute → homosexual & prison sl.
1878 • INGLE a young male prostitute
1893 • RENTER a male prostitute → sl.
..20C • SPORT a male prostitute → sl.
………. • SPORTING GOODS a male homosexual prostitute → sl.
1904 • MINION OF THE SUBURBS a male prostitute → sl. (Bk.)
1924 • HUSTLER a male homosexual prostitute → US sl.
1929 • BUM-BOY a young male homosexual prostitute → sl., derogatory
1930 • NEAR ENOUGH • NIGH ENOUGH a male homosexual prostitute → sl.
1935 • TRADE a male prostitute; a collective term for male prostitutes → sl.
1936 • IRON (HOOF) a male homosexual prostitute → Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘poof’ (Iron Hoof), derogatory
1940 • VENEREAL BOY a male prostitute → homosexual sl.
1942 • CALL-BOY a male prostitute who can be hired on the phone → sl.
………. • PIMP a male prostitute → US sl.
.M20 • MAUD a male prostitute → Brit. sl.
………. • PEDDLE-SNATCH a male prostitute → US sl.
………. • SNATCH-PEDDLER a male prostitute → US sl.
1950 • C.O.D. a male prostitute (Cock On Delivery) → sl.
………. • DAFFODIL a young male prostitute → sl.
………. • RAGGEDY ANDROID an unsuccessful and thus impoverished male prostitute → camp gay usage
1960 • ASPRO • ASS PRO a male homosexual prostitute → Aust. & US sl.
………. • GAY DIRT a male prostitute who admits to being homosexual but is dishonest all the same → homosexual sl.
………. • PARTY BOY a male homosexual prostitute → US sl.
1963 • FRUIT HUSTLER a male homosexual prostitute → US sl.
………. • FRUIT SHAKER a man posing as a male prostitute who blackmails or robs homosexual men → US police sl.
1965 • MIDNIGHT COWBOY a male prostitute → US colloq.
1969 • RENT-BOY a male prostitute → sl.
1970 • COCKSMAN a male prostitute
………. • WORKING GIRL an effeminate male prostitute
1971 • FRUIT-PICKER a man posing as a male prostitute who blackmails or robs homosexual men → US sl.
1972 • BAR HUSTLER a male prostitute who solicits his customers in bars → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
………. • BIRD TAKER a male prostitute → homosexual sl., obs. (Bk.)
………. • GIGOLO a male prostitute → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
………. • MACHO a masculine male prostitute → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
………. • MODEL a male prostitute of the call boy variety who uses modelling as a front → homosexual sl. (Bk.)
1979 • DILLY BOY a young male prostitute → UK sl.
1982 • YOUNG VOLUNTEER a youthful male homosexual prostitute → US sl.
1987 • BOULEVARD BOY a young male prostitute in an urban setting → US sl.
………. • TWANGIE BOY • TWANGY BOY a young male prostitute → US sl.
1988 • CHICKEN a young inexperienced male prostitute → sl.
1992 • GAY HUSTLER a male prostitute → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON – OTHER (as a prostitute’s client, lover, accomplice, etc.)
1532 • MUTTON-MONGER a man addicted to prostitutes → sl. obs.
1536 • APPLE-SQUIRE the servant or personal attendant of a prostitute → arch.
..E16 • WHOREMONGER a notorious user of prostitutes
1591 • ABBOT a ponce; a person who lives off a prostitute’s earnings → sl.
..L16 • WENCHER a man who seeks prostitutes → sl.
1607 • HACKSTER a prostitute’s bully → obs.
1612 • PUNK-MASTER an experienced user of prostitutes → obs.
1616 • HACKNEY WOMAN a woman who obtains a prostitute for a client → obs.
1633 • STRUMPETIER a man who engages in sexual activity with prostitutes; a sexually promiscuous person → obs.
1698 • BEARD-SPLITTER a frequenter of prostitutes
1706 • BULLY the ‘gallant’ or protector of a prostitute; one who lives by protecting prostitutes
1741 • WAPPING COVE a frequenter of prostitutes → UK criminals’ sl.
1770 • WAGON-HUNTER a person who tricks young country girls into prostitution; derived from the fact that most young girls entering the city arrived by wagon → UK criminals’ sl.
..19C • CHARLIE (RONCE) a prostitute’s bully → rhyming sl. for ‘ponce’
………. • FANCY JOSEPH a boy or young man who is a favourite of prostitutes, but not a customer or pimp → sl.
………. • GAY the dupe of a prostitute → sl.
………. • KID-STRETCHER a user of young prostitutes → Brit. sl.
………. • WOODMAN a man who seeks prostitutes → Brit. sl.
..E19 • FANCY a man who lives on the earnings of a prostitute → sl.
1809 • JACK-GAGGER • JOCK-GAGGER a man living on his wife’s prostitution → Amer. thieves’ sl., obs.
1811 • FANCY-MAN man who lives on the earnings of a prostitute → sl.
.M19 • BADGER WORKER the accomplice of a prostitute who tricks her clients
1857 • FANCY BLOKE a prostitute’s boyfriend
………. • WHITE SLAVE a woman engaged in enforced prostitution → UK
1859 • PONCE a person who lives off a prostitute’s earnings → derogatory
1889 • FANCY JOSEPH a boy or young man who is a favourite of prostitutes, but not a customer or a pimp
1891 • BABY a prostitute’s lover, or ‘fancy man’ → US sl.
………. • OLD MAN a prostitute’s pimp or lover, regardless of age → US sl.
1893 • BADGER GAME MAN the accomplice of a prostitute who tricks her clients → Aust. & US sl.
..20C • ALL-NIGHT TRICK a prostitute’s client who pays to stay all night → US sl.
………. • JACK a prostitute’s client → sl.
..E20 • WHOREPHAN an orphan child of a prostitute → US sl.
1903 • RIBALD • RIBAUD a ponce; a person who lives off a prostitute’s earnings → sl. (Bk.)
1904 • BADGER MAN the accomplice of a prostitute who tricks her clients → Aust. & US sl.
1906 • SOUTENEUR a man who lives on the earnings of a prostitute or prostitutes under his protection
1909 • DADDY the lover and protector of a prostitute; a pimp; a prostitute’s boyfriend → US sl.
1911 • EASEMAN • EASTMAN a kept man, one who lives on money earned by a woman; a pimp → African-American sl.
1914 • EASY RIDER a man who lives off what his wife makes as a prostitute → African-American sl.
1920 • PEE-EYE • P.I. a prostitute’s bully → UK sl.
1923 • SHORT-TIMER a man who visits a prostitute → sl.
1925 • TRICK a prostitute’s client → sl.
1927 • GAGGER a man who forces his wife into prostitution → US sl.
1928 • JOHN a prostitute’s client → sl., orig. US
1930 • DATE a prostitute’s customer → sl.
………. • FARE a male or female prostitute’s client → sl.
1934 • FANCY BOY a prostitute’s boyfriend
1940 • HALF-BRASS a woman who associates with the prostitute milieu but is not a ‘working girl’ herself → sl.
………. • LIVE ONE a generous rich client for a prostitute → homosexual sl.
1947 • WHORE-HOPPER a user of prostitutes → Amer. dial.
1950 • MAMMY-FREAK a prostitute’s White client, whose sexual tastes demand women who resemble motherly Black women → US sl.
1952 • ACTION a potential client for a prostitute → sl.
1954 • RONSON a ponce; a person who lives off a prostitute’s earnings → imperfect rhyming sl.
1956 • ECNOP a ponce; a person who lives off a prostitute’s earnings → UK back slang
1957 • BABY a prostitute’s customer → US sl.
1960 • ALL-NIGHT a prostitute’s client who pays to stay all night → UK sl.
………. • ALL-NIGHTER a prostitute’s client who pays to stay all night → UK sl.
………. • TWANK an older man who enjoys watching young women at work but has no personal interest in sex → sl.
1961 • SCORE a prostitute’s client → sl.
1964 • BENNIE a female prostitute’s customer who prefers to perform oral sex on the prostitute → US sl.
1970 • FACE MAN a prostitute’s client who seeks oral satisfaction → US sl.
………. • BEER BOTTLE BEAT a client who likes to be beaten by a prostitute who is wielding a beer bottle → US sl.
………. • FACIAL a prostitute’s client who likes the woman to sit on his face, sometimes after she has inserted a suppository or even she is having intercourse with another man → sl.
………. • PUNTER a prostitute’s client → colloq.
………. • TIN SOLDIER a prostitute’s client, usually middle-class or upper-class, who doesn’t want sex but only to act as a servant or ‘slave’ to the prostitute → sl.
1971 • GADGY a prostitute’s client who pays for unusual sex
………. • SQUARE BROAD a woman who is not a prostitute → US sl.
1972 • BAGGAGE-BOX • BAGGAGE-BOY a homosexual prostitute who offers active sex to clients, as well as the usual passive participation in sodomy; he will play the active sodomizer and also offer fellatio → criminals’ sl.
………. • SQUARE BITCH a woman who is not a prostitute → US sl.
………. • GEEZER a young male prostitute’s older client → UK homosexual sl. (Bk.)
1973 • ODDBALL TRICK a prostitute’s client with fetishistic desires → US sl.
1974 • NEEDLE FREAK a prostitute’ s sadistic client who derives pleasure from hiring a woman with large breasts and paying her for every needle she permits him to stick into her flesh → sl.
1975 • BEAT a prostitute’s client who likes to be beaten, often bringing his own equipment with him → US sl.
1977 • BIT OF MESS a prostitute’s lover who is neither ponce nor client → UK sl.
………. • GONK a prostitute’s client → UK sl.
1980 • MUSH a prostitute’s client → UK sl.
1986 • GADGY a male prostitute’s client → US homosexual sl.
1987 • RABBIT a prostitute’s client who ejaculates quickly and so leaves the prostitute free to carry on her trade
1990 • CHAMPAGNE TRICK a particularly wealthy or generous client for a prostitute → sl.
………. • CIRCLE JERK a man who harasses prostitutes and their customers for fun → Can. sl.
………. • RING JERK a man who harasses prostitutes and their customers for fun → Can. sl.
1993 • GEEK a prostitute’s client with fetishistic desires → US sl.
1994 • BARGE a large, possible elderly, male prostitute’s client → US homosexual sl.
2002 • STEAMER a prostitute’s client → UK sl.
PHRASES
..L19 • HAIR TO SELL said of a woman who is willing to prostitute herself → sl.
..20C • AT THE RACES working as a street-walker
………. • WORKING THE CUTS used of a prostitute who works on the street rather than in a brothel
1960 • WANNA GO OUT? the ritual approach from a prostitute to a passing male → sl.
VERBS
1000 • FORLIE of a woman: to prostitute herself → obs.
1530 • RAMP to work as a prostitute → obs.
1547 • WHORE to utilize prostitutes; to consort with harlots
1589 • HARLOTIZE to declare to be or characterize as a prostitute
1597 • WHORE-HUNT to use prostitutes; to search for a prostitute or sexual partner
..L16 • STRUMPET to practice prostitution; to play the whore → sl.
………. • WENCH to seek prostitutes → sl.
..17C • PUNK to procure customers for a prostitute → Brit. sl.
..E17 • PAD • PAD IT to travel as a prostitute → sl.
1611 • MERETRICULATE to deceive in the manner of a prostitute → obs.
1616 • BEWHORE to prostitute; to make a whore of; to call whore → obs.
1623 • MERETRICATE to behave like a prostitute → obs.
1626 • TRADE to work as a prostitute, to practice the ‘trade’ → sl.
1641 • HARLOT to prostitute oneself; to behave like a harlot
1674 • CRUISE to solicit for customers while walking the streets; said of a prostitute → sl.
..L17 • LET OUT ONE’S PARLOUR AND LIE BACKWARDS to work as a prostitute → sl.
………. • RANGE to work as a prostitute → sl.
………. • WAG to be a prostitute → sl.
………. • WAG ONE’S TAIL to be a prostitute → sl.
.M18 • HACKNEY to work as a prostitute → sl.
..L18 • MAKE A LOBSTER KETTLE OUT OF ONE’S CUNT to allow a man to have sex without paying; said of a prostitute → sl.
..19C • ACCOMMODATE to work as a prostitute → sl.
………. • TAKE IN FANCY WORK to be addicted to secret prostitution → sl.
………. • WAG ONE’S BOTTOM to be a prostitute → Brit. sl.
..E19 • WALK THE PIAZZAS to work as a prostitute → sl.
1825 • DADDLE to walk the streets; said of a prostitute → Sc. obs.
………. • SELL ONE’S BACON to work as a prostitute
1859 • PAD THE HOOF to walk the streets; said of a prostitute → US sl.
1869 • PICK UP A FLAT to find a client → prostitutes’ usage
1890 • TAKE IN FANCY WORK to work secretly as a prostitute
1895 • HUSSLE • HUSTLE to work as a prostitute → US sl.
1898 • BATTLE to work as a prostitute → Aust. sl.
1898 • GO ON THE GAME to engage in prostitution
..20C • BE AT THE RACES to walk the streets as a prostitute → sl.
..E20 • ACCOST to solicit someone to an act of sexual immorality; said of a prostitute → US euphemism
1920 • PEDDLE ONE’S HIPS to be a prostitute → sl.
1932 • PONCE to live on the money earned by a prostitute → derogatory
1935 • BUSTLE to work as a prostitute → US sl.
1937 • HAWK ONE’S MUTTON to work as a prostitute → sl.
1939 • LAY THE NOTE to pay a prostitute → US criminals’ sl.
1941 • LOSE ONE’S AMATEUR STANDING to become a prostitute → Amer. sl.
.M20 • JAG to be a male prostitute to other males → US homosexual sl.
1950 • COP AND BLOW to exploit an unsatisfactory prostitute for as much money as possible before discarding her → African-American pimp sl.
………. • EARN to work as a prostitute → UK criminals’ sl.
1951 • DATE to have sex with a customer for pay; said of a prostitute → US sl.
1954 • MOLL to work as a prostitute → Amer. sl.
1959 • HOOK to work as a prostitute → Amer. sl.
1960 • CRACK IT FOR A QUID to work as a prostitute → Aust. sl.
………. • HUSSLE • HUSTLE to work as a male prostitute → sl.
………. • PUSH PONIES to promote prostitutes; said of a pimp
………. • SCALYLEG to work as the cheapest level of prostitute → US sl.
………. • SELL BODY to work as a prostitute → African-American sl.
………. • TAKE A TEST DRIVE to interview a woman as a prospective prostitute → US sl.
………. • TAKE AN APPLICATION to interview a woman as a prospective prostitute → US sl.
1963 • KICK MUD to work as a prostitute → US sl.
1964 • BATTEN to live off the earnings of a prostitute; said of a man → Aust. sl.
………. • TOM to work as a prostitute → police and criminal sl.
1967 • PULL to recruit someone into prostitution → US sl.
1970 • BEAT A TRICK to rob a client; said of a prostitute
1972 • TALK GAME to chatter about prostitution, pimping, and those involved; said of a pimp → African-American sl.
1973 • HUMP to earn money working as a prostitute → US sl.
1978 • TAKE OFF THE FLOOR to remove a prostitute from service in a brothel → US sl.
1989 • CLOCK to get a customer; said of a prostitute → US sl.
1990 • HO to prostitute oneself → African-American teen sl.
………. • SELL ONE’S CRACK to prostitute oneself → Aust. prison sl.
1991 • ASS to engage in prostitution → US sl.
1993 • PEEL to entice a prostitute away from her current pimp; said of a pimp → US sl.
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