public woman

noun

A female prostitute.

Meanings

nounpublic woman (plural public women)

plural public women

  1. A female prostitute.

    a vivid portraiture of the public women and their clients

    1975, Kamil Zvelebil, Tamil literature: Volume 2, Part 1, page 259

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