white slave

noun

A woman (of European descent) sold into prostitution, especially when transported to a country primarily inhabited by nonwhites.

Meanings

nounwhite slave (plural white slaves)

plural white slaves

  1. A woman (of European descent) sold into prostitution, especially when transported to a country primarily inhabited by nonwhites.
    1 more example

    “I see. And you’re now going to tell me that Bertha Gotobed was got hold of by the White Slave people.” “How did you know?” asked Parker, a little peevishly. “Because Scotland Yard have two maggots which crop up whenever anything happens to a young woman. Either it’s White Slavery or Dope Dens⁠—sometimes both. You are going to say it’s both.”

    1927, Dorothy Sayers, Unnatural Death

Translations

Greek πόρνη κρατούμενη ακουσίως
  • πόρνη κρατούμενη ακουσίως (pórni kratoúmeni akousíos)white slave
Swedish vit slav
  • vit slavwhite slave
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Chicago

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