lady of the evening
Woman selling herself
Lady of the evening is a euphemism for a prostitute.
The phrase sounds genteel and old-fashioned, often used with ironic or literary effect: The detective found the lady of the evening waiting at the corner.
It softens what might otherwise be blunt speech.
- streetwalkerOne who solicits outdoors
- woman of the nightFemale sex worker
- hookerSex worker, informally
- call girlHired sexual companion
- oldest professionSex work, historically
whore · scarlet woman · fallen woman · harlot · courtesan · working girl · trick · bawd · brothel · house of ill repute · demimonde · madam · concubine · pimp · escort · hustler · dominatrix · companion
- Euphemismspass away, passed away, passed on, expecting, with child
sexual propriety/respectability
lady of the eveningnun
Hebrew alphabet's fourteenth
proper lady · wife · good girl · virgin · maiden
profession/social role
lady of the eveningnun
Hebrew alphabet's fourteenth
housewife · schoolteacher · lady of the house · socialite · philanthropist