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oldest profession in the world

oldest profession in the world is the alternative form of world's oldest profession.

Meaning of world's oldest profession

Noun

the world's oldest profession (plural not attested)

  1. (euphemistic, no plural) Prostitution.
    • Lalun is a member of the most ancient profession in the world.1888, Rudyard Kipling, “On the City Wall”, in In Black and White

Questions about oldest profession in the world

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Oldest profession in the world is the alternative form of world's oldest profession.

Words near oldest profession in the world in the dictionary

  1. oldest
  2. Oldest Dryas
  3. oldest fashioned
  4. oldest occupation
  5. oldest profession
  6. oldest profession in the world
  7. oldest-fashioned
  8. oldests
  9. oldfag
  10. oldfags
  11. oldfangled

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