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fancy trade

fancy trade noun: the trade of selling women into prostitution.

Noun

the fancy trade

  1. (historical) The trade of selling women into prostitution.

Questions about fancy trade

What does fancy trade mean?
Fancy trade means the trade of selling women into prostitution.
What part of speech is fancy trade?
Fancy trade is a noun.

Words near fancy trade in the dictionary

  1. fancy stitch
  2. fancy stitches
  3. fancy stock
  4. fancy stocks
  5. fancy that
  6. fancy trade
  7. fancy up
  8. fancy-free
  9. fancy-pants
  10. fancy-schmancier
  11. fancy-schmanciest

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