Meanings
nouna girl in every port
- A mistress or girlfriend at each place one visits.
Jack was a truck driver. He loved over-the-road trips. Think he had a girl in every port, so to speak.
2002, S. D. Tooley, Restless Spirit, page 211
Origin
Referring to the various ports where a sailor's voyages would take him.
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