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prosty U.S. slang.|ˈprɒstɪ|
Also prostie.
Abbrev. of prostitute n. 1 a. Cf. prossie.
1930Bookman Dec. 397/2 These song writers exploit motherhood into a mania, and go Rotary about any old half-baked, klux-ridden Dixie backwash. They make love in kindergarten terms, turn Sunday-school superintendent about prosties whom they term ‘faded roses’ or ‘butterflies’, and otherwise trade on primitive mass ideas. 1941[see hoppy n.2]. 1951Green & Laurie Show Biz 571/1 Prostie, prostitute. Variety's sensitized way of describing female characters comparable to those in early Mae West plays. 1972G. Baxt Burning Sappho vii. 128 The prostie in the orange wig. 1976J. Hayes Missing i. 29 If she was a prostie, he couldn't afford her fee. |