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HARLOT [1 record]

Record 1 2006-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sexology
  • Offences and crimes
  • Social Problems
DEF

A woman who engages in promiscuous sexual intercourse for pay.

CONT

... Lankester had an unfortunate brush with the police in Piccadilly over the possible demanded services of a prostitute. ... [He] admitted to a close friend that he was unable to relate sexually to women of his own class and could get an erection only in the company of harlots.

OBS

Source of "herbwalker": The Times (London), 26 Apr. 1985, p. 3.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sexologie
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Problèmes sociaux
DEF

Femme qui se livre à la prostitution, en se donnant à quiconque la paie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sexología
  • Infracciones y crímenes
  • Problemas sociales
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