lady of the night
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8.6
- noun
- NSFW
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mujer de la noche
- The documentary shed light on the lives of ladies of the night in urban areas.
He could have a lady of the night come in to visit him once a month.
- He could have a lady of the night come in to visit him once a month.
- But most people that's like, that's like the the characterization of ladies of the night.
Examples
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He could have a lady of the night come in to visit him once a month.
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You're just a lady of the night.
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You're a lady of the night.
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She is a lady of the night.
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She was a makeup artist by day, a little trashy lady of the night by morning.
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He met a lady of the night while walking through the city after dark.
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In the alley, he exchanged a few words with a lady of the night offering her services.
Synonyms
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9.3
An offensive word for a person who has sex for money
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9.0
A person who sells sex for money, often on the street
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7.9
A woman who is paid to have sex and who arranges meetings by phone or online
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9.9
A woman who has sex with rich or powerful men for money, often in high society in the past
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9.2
A woman who sells sex for money
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9.9
A woman who has sex for money, used in older books
A woman who works as a prostitute
How Euphemistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
lady + of + the + night
The components 'lady' and 'night' let a learner infer 'a woman associated with the night', so there is a partial, compositional clue. However, the specific euphemistic meaning 'prostitute' is culture-specific and idiomatic rather than directly predictable from the parts, so prior exposure is usually needed.
Etymology
The phrase lady of the night is a polite, old-fashioned way to call a woman who works as a prostitute. It pairs the softer words lady and night to create the image of a woman working after dark, so the phrase came to mean 'a prostitute'.