doxie
- noun
- /ˈdɑːksi/
- Slur
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- In Victorian London, many men frequented establishments that employed doxies for companionship.
Examples
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The novel painted a vivid picture of the doxies who roamed the streets in search of clients.
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- Well, for one thing, he keeps a doxie in a house in Greek Street.
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"Like a common doxie!" the man was saying.
Fiction book (1994) -
And I was alone with the man who was filled with righteous Quaker anger because his daughter had been kissed right out in the open, on the street, by one of the king's men, like a common doxie.
Fiction book (1994) -
She was often criticized for her friendship with a doxie who had a questionable reputation.
Synonyms
478
9.3
An offensive word for a person who has sex for money
342
4.2
A person who has sex with other people for money
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9.0
A person who sells sex for money, often on the street
43
9.3
A person who offers sex for money on the street
30
9.9
A woman who sells sex for money
2
8.6
A woman who sells sex for money
1
9.2
A woman who sells sex for money
1
9.9
A woman who has sex for money, used in older books
A person who has sex for money
A woman who works as a prostitute
Surface Forms
Etymology
Doxie as an old slang word for a woman comes from the older word doxy, which meant 'a loose woman' or 'prostitute', so Doxie was used in older speech to mean a woman of low morals.