call girl
Americannoun
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a female prostitute with whom an appointment can be made by telephone, usually to meet at the client's address.
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(formerly) a prostitute available to be called on at a brothel.
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of call girl
An Americanism dating back to 1930–35
Example Sentences
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“You’re not just doing that whole old-person thing where you call girls cutesy names ’cause you think it’s charming or whatever, are you.”
From Literature
By the time Welch landed her first movie role, as a call girl in 1964’s “A House Is Not a Home,” she was a mother to two young children.
From Los Angeles Times
Ms Mester's defence barrister said she was given the items as a gift having spent a week as a "call girl" in December.
From BBC
The Korean "comfort women" will now receive millions and become the highest paid call girls in history.
From New York Times
A former call girl said he had coerced her into sex in 2009, but the prosecutors said they had been unable to establish "absence of consent".
From BBC
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