amateur n.
1. (also E.A., enthusiastic amateur, a promiscuous young woman; thus (orig. US) lose one’s amateur standing/status v., to move into the world of professional, full-time prostitution [the term depends on the assumption that for women any sex before marriage was tantamount to prostitution].
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Queens’ Vernacular 159: messer (fr pros sl) a girl who is new to prostitution; an unskilled whore. Syn: amateur. | ||
Lily on the Dustbin 41: A ‘charity moll’ is the equivalent of a World War II ‘EA’ or ‘enthusiastic amateur’: a promiscuous woman whose sexual favours are theoretically not available for sale […] [She] barters herself, instead, for presents, dinners, theatre and show tickets. | ||
Maledicta IX 148: The compilers ought to have looked farther afield and found: [...] amateur (not a pro). |
2. (UK Und.) a crook who has not been in trouble with the police.
Phenomena in Crime 134: By ‘amateur’ is meant a crook who has not been in trouble with the police. |
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(US Und.) noon, as a time when banks appear to expect to be robbed.
In For Life 33: We never tried to rob a bank during ‘amateur hour’ — at noon, when all bankers seemingly expected to be robbed and prepared for it. |
(orig. US) an exhibition of more than usual ineptitude, esp. by one who is supposedly more competent.
Maisie [film script] Hey, what is this? Amateur night? There’s a doctor here [HDAS]. | ||
Underdog 68: [of inexperienced prostitutes] ‘[I]f you ever get tired of amateur night, give me a ring,’ said Claire, and Charley snickered. | ||
Hall of Mirrors 105: ‘WUSA is a well planned business operation’ [...] ‘You mean it isn’t amateur night.’ Rheinhardt said. ‘No,’ Jack Noonan said, ‘it isn’t amateur night’. | ||
True Confessions (1979) 319: She must have done it with pliers and a screwdriver. It was real amateur night. | ||
Shadow Cabinet 16: Now it’s amateur night in Washington – four years of it. | ||
‘Merry Misbehavior!’ in Manslife mag. n.p.: Well, lads, now that you’re past Christmas, you’re a-comin’ up on Monsieur Misbehavior’s most least favorite holiday of the year. Amateur Night. | ||
Tucson Weekly 🌐 Amateur night is what the drunks call New Year’s Eve. |