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profesh slang.|prəʊˈfɛʃ|
Abbrev. of profession 6; applied spec. to the theatrical profession. Also U.S., the body of professional tramps.
1901J. London Let. 6 Dec. (1966) 126 Wyckoff is not a tramp authority... Wyckoff only knows the working⁓man... The profesh are unknown to him. 1907― Road 236 The profesh are the aristocracy of The Road. 1914E. Pugh Cockney at Home 192 ‘Mr. Alexander,..being a hartist in his profesh, which there's only one thing as keeps him off the London stage at this present moment, and that is—’ ‘Eggs!’ 1936Wodehouse Laughing Gas xviii. 192 We're most of us in the profesh downstairs. |