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[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 171: Bars may employ or provide a convenient setting [...] for B-girls who encourage men to buy drinks.
at B-girl, n.
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 27: Some prostitutes worked ‘the badger game’.
at badger game (n.) under badger, n.1
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 171: Many B-girls ask for ‘sloe gin,’ which is a signal to the bartender that they want some colored water (‘belly wash’).
at belly wash, n.
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 41: ‘Biffer,’ ‘prossie,’ ‘she-she,’ ‘pig-meat’ are some other slang designations.
at biffer, n.2
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 41: Fat prostitutes are often called ‘blimps’.
at blimp, n.1
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 175: Many servicemen prefer the quieter spots but others are attracted to the ‘tubs of blood’.
at bloody bucket (n.) under bloody, adj.
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 43: ‘She is burned up’ (has venereal disease).
at burned, adj.1
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 171: A B-girl (also called a ‘come-on’ or ‘percentage girl’ or ‘drink rustler’) often spends six to seven hours in a bar.
at come-on, n.
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 27: A ‘creep house’ is a place to which men are taken by prostitutes to be robbed.
at creep house (n.) under creep, v.
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 27: Some prostitutes have associates (‘creepers’). [...] The ‘creeper’ quietly goes through the client’s trousers and takes his money.
at creeper, n.
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 27: Some of these fellows would like to diddle with my breasts all day.
at diddle, v.1
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 171: ‘Downs’ enable her to give the customer the impression that she is drinking with him.
at down, n.3
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 43: The old whore is a ‘hard leg’—she’s got a million miles on her.
at hard leg, n.
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 173: I can’t get any other job except looking at the ceiling (prostitution) in a hook shop.
at hook shop (n.) under hooker, n.3
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 173: My old man is on the nut (out of work) and I can’t get any other job except looking at the ceiling (prostitution).
at look at the ceiling (v.) under look, v.
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 174: A girl may approach a customer and say, ‘Let’s go to the back of the room so I can really love you up.’.
at love (up), v.
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 40: ‘My old man’ is a pimp.
at old man, n.
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 109: A pimp [...] is sometimes called a ‘meat salesman’.
at meat salesman (n.) under meat, n.
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 117: A pimp often has a ‘Mexican bankroll,’ a large bill on the outside covering a roll of singles.
at Mexican bankroll (n.) under Mexican, adj.
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 43: The old whore is a ‘hard leg’—she’s got a million miles on her.
at have miles on (one) (v.) under miles, n.
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 41: A prostitute who steals from her clients is called a ‘mush worker’.
at mush-worker (n.) under mush, n.1
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 173: My old man is on the nut (out of work) and I can’t get any other job except looking at the ceiling (prostitution).
at on the nut under nut, n.1
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 178: This kind of prostitute, who is often called a ‘party girl’ [...] may begin dating her employer and then go out with some buyers. Such leads provide a ready source of customers, and the girl can maintain her other job.
at party girl (n.) under party, n.2
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 41: ‘Biffer,’ ‘prossie,’ ‘she-she,’ ‘pig-meat’ are some other slang designations.
at pig meat (n.) under pig, n.
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 199: The Hollywood houses were especially proud of their new girls, and word would spread rapidly when a new ‘fresh pink’ had arrived.
at pink, n.
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 40: The ‘professor’ is the house musician in a brothel.
at professor, n.
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 41: ‘Biffer,’ ‘prossie,’ ‘she-she,’ ‘pig-meat’ are some other slang designations.
at prossie, n.
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 41: On the West Coast a prostitute was often called a ‘puella’.
at puella, n.
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 173: One kind of bar prostitute is the ‘roller.’ She is less interested in fees than in ‘rolling’ her client and taking his wallet after he is drunk.
at roller, n.
[US] Winick & Kinsie Lively Commerce 41: ‘Biffer,’ ‘prossie,’ ‘she-she,’ pig-meat’ are some other slang designations.
at she-she, n.
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