| LC control no. | sh 85107622 |
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| Topical heading | Prostitutes |
| Variant(s) | Call girls Female prostitutes Girls, Call Harlots Hookers (Prostitutes) Hustlers (Prostitutes) Street prostitutes Streetwalkers Strumpets Tarts (Prostitutes) Trollops (Prostitutes) Whores (Prostitutes) Women prostitutes |
| See also | Sex workers |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on prostitutes in general as well as works specifically on women prostitutes. |
| Found in | Amer. heritage dict. of the Engl. lang., c2000 (harlot: A woman prostitute; tart: 2a. A prostitute. b. A woman considered to be sexually promiscuous; whore: 1. A prostitute. 2. A person considered sexually promiscuous. 3. A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain; trollop 1. A woman regarded as slovenly or untidy; a slattern. 2. A strumpet; strumpet: A woman prostitute; hooker¹ 1. A single-masted fishing smack used off the coast of Ireland. 2. An old worn-out or clumsy ship; hooker² 1. One that hooks. 2. Slang. A prostitute; call girl: A woman prostitute hired by telephone; madam 5. A woman who manages a brothel; streetwalker: A prostitute, especially one who solicits in the streets) Random House dict. (Trollop; strumpet; hooker) Street prostitution in our cities, c1983: p. 2 (prostitutes on the streets) p. 4 (street prostitutes) Andros, P. Stud, 1966: bk. jkt. (hustler; hustlers) Amer. heritage dict. of the Eng. lang., via WWW, Sept. 28, 2006 (hustle 4b: b. to solicit customers; used of a pimp or prostitute; noun: hustler) Cambridge advanced learner's dict. via www, Sept. 28, 2006 (hustler 2: a prostitute (=person who has sex for money)) Wikipedia, Jan. 3, 2008 ("A Sex worker is a person who is employed in the Sex industry. This can include but is not limited to actors and actresses in pornograpic films, erotic massage therapists, live sex show performers, phone sex operators, prostitutes, strippers and webcam show performers ... The term is also sometimes used as a synonym or euphemism for prostitution. According to Theodore Dalrymple, "medical journals fear to print the word 'prostitute' and use the euphemism 'sex worker' instead."") Chateauvert, Melinda. Sex workers unite, 2014: page 2 (Sex workers are laborers who earn money to perform sexual services or who provide erotic entertainment to clients individually or collectively. ... Sex workers are escorts, exotic dancers, porn stars, peep-show workers, professional dominants, rent boys, phone-sex operators, strippers, webcam performers, erotic priestesses, prostitutes and providers of a vast array of niche adult services) |
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