sex worker
Americannoun
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 sex worker
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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Unknown to her family she was a sex worker.
From BBC
The actor had been shooting “The Car Pool Lane” episode of the series, where he picks up a sex worker so he can use the carpool lane to make it to the game on time, and the crew were filming in an aisle near Catalan’s seats.
From Los Angeles Times
“We are harassed, we are robbed, we are pestered for money,” Erni, a street musician and former sex worker who is a student at the boarding school, said in the Vice video.
From New York Times
In her 2022 Netflix comedy special, “Ya’ll Wanna Hear Something Crazy,” the comedian, born Patricia Williams, touches on various episodes of personal trauma — from being groomed by a married man at 12 and bearing his child at 14 to having to “prepare” her disabled Uncle Cecil for appointments with a sex worker.
From Los Angeles Times
She said the woman who became a sex worker “started escorting” in 2015 when she could not afford her rent.
From Seattle Times
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