world's oldest profession

American  

noun

1. prostitution.

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Example Sentences

After half a century of hard living — near-death experiences, struggles with substance abuse, multiple incarcerations, the shady travails of the record business, the constant stresses of the world’s oldest profession — Suga Free has learned to value simplicity.

From Los Angeles Times

Women employed in the "world's oldest profession" face a very real danger.

From BBC

Peppering her impassioned arguments with saucy humor, she fashioned herself a grande dame of what is often dubbed the world’s oldest profession and became an irresistible subject for the local, national and international media in her heyday.

From Washington Post

Margo St. James joined the world’s oldest profession by a circuitous route.

From Seattle Times

If anything, the international man of mystery admired those individuals committed to the world’s oldest profession.

From Salon