About The Word Harlotry
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What's The Definition Of Harlotry?
[n] offering sexual intercourse for pay
Synonyms | Synonyms for Harlotry: prostitution | whoredom Related Terms | Find terms related to Harlotry: See Also | vice crime Harlotry In Webster's Dictionary \Har"lot*ry\, n.
1. Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story. [Obs.] --Piers
Plowman. Chaucer.
2. The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or
customary lewdness. --Dryden.
3. Anything meretricious; as, harlotry in art.
4. A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage. [Obs.]
He sups to-night with a harlotry. --Shak.
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