ladies of the night
Women selling sex
Ladies of the night is a euphemism for prostitutes—women who exchange sex for money.
The phrase has a quaint, almost romantic quality that softens the transaction it describes: The hotel bar attracted ladies of the night and their prospective clients.
It appears more often in fiction and journalism than in everyday speech.
- stripperRemoves coatings or clothing
- happy endingStory concludes well
- bordelloCommercial sex establishment
- escortOne who accompanies another
- red-light districtZone of sex commerce
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- Fictional CourtesansFantine, Camille, Nancy, courtesans, fallen women
ladies of the nightvolunteers
Unpaid willing workers
philanthropists · Good Samaritans · missionaries · aid workers · altruists
ladies, night, nights, nightly, nighttime, overnight, midnight, fortnight