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world's_oldest_profession
world's oldest profession
English
Alternative forms
- oldest profession in the world
Noun
the world's oldest profession (uncountable)
- (euphemistic) Prostitution.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, On the City Wall:
- Lalun is a member of the most ancient profession in the world.
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Translations
- Some local terms have slight variants while others are strict translations with varying degrees of usage.
a euphemism for prostitution
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References
- ↑ “world's oldest profession” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
- 1 2 Is Prostitution Really the World's Oldest Profession? It is pretty old., by Forrest Wickman, Slate, March 6, 2012