| 单词 | daughter of joy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdaughter of joy daughter of joy n. [after French fille de joie (see maiden of joy n. at joy n. 1d)] euphemistic a prostitute. ΚΠ 1683 Fifteen Real Comforts of Matrimony i. 8 Do you think that person was not most severely and unmercifully us'd by a Daughter of Joy, that when he had bargain'd with her for a nights dalliance for twenty pound, [etc.]. 1881 J. Doran In & about Drury Lane I. 94 Macready assigned a dingy garret and a rush-light or two for that purpose [sc. accommodation and refreshment], and the daughters of joy fled from it. 1933 Broadway Brevities 2 Nov. 14/2 Our next visit was to the red light district, where we permitted ourselves to be picked up by a rather battered ‘daughter of joy’. 1985 T. Berger Nowhere i. 19 A short, redhaired daughter of joy, a regular on the beat, was just sauntering past. < as lemmas |
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