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Meanings of whore in English

Portuguese
devassa
Catalan
prostituta
Wikidata

A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money.

devassa

To offer sexual services in exchange for money.

Synonyms
Examples for "prostitute oneself"
Examples for "prostitute oneself"
1
To be understood is to prostitute oneself.
The book of disquiet
Usage of whore in English
1
Of course O'Melaghlin would come here, dragging the de Valery whore behind.
The irish warrior
2
What I said was this: I merely wished to question the whore!
Sins of the Fathers
3
The artist was at least as present in her as the whore.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
4
Funny too-youknow how they say a whore makes a good wife?
East of eden
5
Neil was a little whore; had been for quite a few years.
Mysterious Skin
6
That sea is colder than a maiden and crueler than a whore.
A feast for crows
7
I don't have time to play meet-the-drug-whore in the HTD today... .
Starcraft ii: heaven's devils
8
I made Leahy look like a political whore down by the river.
The abduction
9
Could it not wait until the business with the whore was done?
A conspiracy of paper: a novel
10
He sits taut, ready to vent his fury on yet more whore-bluff.
The Guardian
11
You've never seen a whore look so scrubbed and clean and pristine.
Karen Memory
12
The box with the red whore's hat in it came to mind.
Full dark, no stars
13
He remembered the other victims-theChinese whore, the salesgirl and Dolores Clark.
Time After Time
14
Would you believe that Sonchai here has never been with a whore?
Bangkok 8
15
No longer must a woman be a whore or be an angel.
Feminist dot com
16
Why did Guan, a national model worker, call another woman a whore?
Death of a Red Heroine
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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