working girl

noun

A female prostitute.

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Meanings

nounworking girl (plural working girls)

plural working girls

  1. euphemisticidiomaticA female prostitute.

    It was still September / When your daddy was quite surprised / To find you with the working girls / In the county jail

    1973, Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, “My Old School”, in Countdown to Ecstasy, performed by Steely Dan
  2. rareUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see working, girl.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

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prostitutecocottewhoreharlotbawdtartcyprianfancy womansporting ladylady of pleasurewoman of the street
Broader
womanadult female
Also see
bawdcocottecyprianharlotlady of pleasureprostitutesporting ladytartwhorewoman of the street

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From working + girl. First use appears c. 1620, in the publications of Thomas Shelton.

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APA

working girl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/working%20girl

MLA

“working girl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/working%20girl. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “working girl,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/working%20girl.

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