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oldest_profession

world's oldest profession

English

Alternative forms

  • oldest profession in the world

Noun

the world's oldest profession (uncountable)

  1. (euphemistic) Prostitution.

Translations

Some local terms have slight variants while others are strict translations with varying degrees of usage.

References

  1. world's oldest profession” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
  2. 1 2 Is Prostitution Really the World's Oldest Profession? It is pretty old., by Forrest Wickman, Slate, March 6, 2012