dollymop
dollymop noun: an amateur, often part-time, female prostitute in 19th-century London.
Noun
dollymop (plural dollymops)
- An amateur, often part-time, female prostitute in 19th-century London.
- Those women who, for the sake of distinguishing them from the professionals, I must call amateurs, are generally spoken of as “Dollymops.” Now many servant-maids, nurse-maids who go with children into the Parks, shop girls and milliners who may be met with at the various “dancing academies,” so...1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861
Forms of dollymop
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Origin of dollymop
Dolly was a slang term for the penis.
Questions about dollymop
- What does dollymop mean?
- Dollymop means an amateur, often part-time, female prostitute in 19th-century London.
- What part of speech is dollymop?
- Dollymop is a noun.
- What is the plural of dollymop?
- The plural of dollymop is dollymops.
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