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Jack whore

Jack whore noun: a female prostitute with a large build or masculine characteristics.

Noun

Jack whore (plural Jack whores)

  1. (archaic, slang) A female prostitute with a large build or masculine characteristics.
    • He at the time was the professed keeper of Mrs Cuyler, a great jack whore, without pretensions to manners or beauty of face or person, and only an understrapper upon the stage of one of the London theatres.1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 273

Forms of Jack whore

pluralJack whores

Questions about Jack whore

What does Jack whore mean?
Jack whore means a female prostitute with a large build or masculine characteristics.
What part of speech is Jack whore?
Jack whore is a noun.
What is the plural of Jack whore?
The plural of Jack whore is Jack whores.

Words near Jack whore in the dictionary

  1. jack towel
  2. jack towels
  3. jack truss
  4. jack trusses
  5. jack up
  6. Jack whore
  7. Jack whores
  8. jack-a-dandies
  9. jack-a-dandy
  10. jack-a-lantern
  11. jack-a-lanterns

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