lady of pleasure

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Noun1.lady of pleasure - a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for moneylady of pleasure - a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
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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DVD pounds 24.99, Drama/Comedy/Romance) LADY of pleasure Belle de Jour returns in eight episodes of ITV2's award-winning drama based on the book of the same name.
LADY of pleasure Belle de Jour returns in eight episodes of ITV 2's award-winning drama based on the book of the same name.
MOLL FLANDERS ROBIN WRIGHT, MORGAN FREEMAN DIRECTOR: PEN DENSHAM The Daniel Defoe tale of a lady of pleasure gets the big-screen treatment.
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