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pimp  (pmp)
n.
One who finds customers for a prostitute; a procurer.
intr.v. pimped, pimp·ing, pimps
To serve as a procurer of prostitutes.
[Origin unknown.]
pimp
Noun
a man who obtains customers for a prostitute, in return for a share of his or her earnings
Verb
to act as a pimp [origin unknown]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pimppimp - someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
fancy man, pandar, pander, panderer, procurer, ponce
England - a division of the United Kingdom
offender, wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil law
procuress - a woman pimp
whoremaster, whoremonger - a pimp who procures whores
Verb1.pimp - arrange for sexual partners for others
pander, procure
cater, ply, provide, supply - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
pimp
noun 1. procurer, go-between, bawd (archaic) white-slaver, pander, panderer, whoremaster (archaic)
verb 2. procure, sell, tout, solicit, live off immoral earnings
Translations
pimp [pɪmp] n → chulo, cafiche m (LAM)
pimp [pɪmp] n → souteneur m, maquereau m
pimp [pɪmp] n → Zuhälter m
pimp [pɪmp] n → mezzano


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There's Jemmy Oliver, of our regiment, he narrowly escaped being a pimp too, and that would have been a thousand pities; for d--n me if he is not one of the prettiest fellows in the whole world; but he went farther than I with the old cull, for Jimmey can neither write nor read.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
I often reflected how my lover at the Bath, struck at the hand of God, repented and abandoned me, and refused to see me any more, though he loved me to an extreme; but I, prompted by that worst of devils, poverty, returned to the vile practice, and made the advantage of what they call a handsome face to be the relief to my necessities, and beauty be a pimp to vice.
The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Defoe, Daniel View in context
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