单词 | procureuse |
释义 | procureusen.ΚΠ 1853 W. Robson tr. A. Dumas Three Musketeers xxv. 169 ‘You say the procureuse is old and ugly?’ ‘Fifty at least, monsieur, and not at all handsome, according to Pathaud's account.’ 2. = procuress n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring > procurer of either sex > procuress butcheressa1475 stew1552 bawdress1569 brokeress1582 pander1585 abbess1594 aunt1604 panderess1604 hackney womanc1616 bronstrops1617 procuress1638 provincialc1640 fruit-woman1673 flesh-broker1699 broker-woman1723 commode1725 coupleress1864 hack1864 procureuse1930 1930 E. Waugh Vile Bodies vi. 105 What a coarse face..she looks like a procureuse. 1968 C. Cooper Thunder & Lightning Man iv. 52 Does she condone it?.. Is she just an old procureuse? 1977 ‘R. Player’ Month of Mangled Models vii. 123 She's only a common procureuse dressed like a duchess. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1853 |
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