away-day girl
away-day girl noun: a prostitute who travels to another city to pick up clients, returning home either the same or next day.
Noun
away-day girl (plural away-day girls)
- A prostitute who travels to another city to pick up clients, returning home either the same or next day.
- This provision has particular implications for prostitutes working in the Paddington area where most women are thought by the police to be 'away-day girls', who travel to London from the Midlands and Northern cities.1987, The Police Journal - Volumes 60-61, page 215
- These women live in Wolverhampton, Southampton, or other major cities and go to London for the purpose of prostitution and return on the same or the next day. As our interviews with prostitutes show, the away-day girl is more appropriately part of the fictional presentation of street prostitution.1993, Nanette J. Davis, Prostitution, page 121
Forms of away-day girl
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Origin of away-day girl
From the name of cheap "away-day" tickets introduced by British Rail.
Questions about away-day girl
- What does away-day girl mean?
- Away-day girl means a prostitute who travels to another city to pick up clients, returning home either the same or next day.
- What part of speech is away-day girl?
- Away-day girl is a noun.
- What is the plural of away-day girl?
- The plural of away-day girl is away-day girls.
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