working girl

working girl

n.

1. Often Offensive A woman who is employed outside the home.

2. Slang A woman prostitute.

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working girl

n

1. (Sociology) a girl or woman who works, esp one who supports herself

2. (Professions) informal a prostitute

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work′ing girl`

n.

1. Sometimes Offensive. a woman who works.

2. Slang. a prostitute.

[1860–65]

usage: See girl.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	working girl - a young woman who is employed worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker" fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman - a young woman; "a young lady of 18"
	2.	working girl - a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, whore, woman of the street call girl - a female prostitute who can be hired by telephone camp follower - a prostitute who provides service to military personnel comfort woman, ianfu - a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II; "she wrote a book about her harsh experiences as a comfort woman" demimondaine - a woman whose sexual promiscuity places her outside respectable society floozie, floozy, hustler, slattern, street girl, streetwalker - a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets white slave - a woman sold into prostitution adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"

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working girl

noun

One who labors:

hand, laborer, operative, roustabout, worker, workingman, workingwoman, workman, workwoman.

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