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sex workers

sex workers is the plural of sex worker.

Meaning of sex worker

Noun

sex worker (plural sex workers)

  1. A person who supplies sex work (short-term sexual services) in exchange for compensation.
    • Like the scripted scenarios mouthed by sex workers on 1-900 porn lines, our sexual language has become stilted and rehearsed.1993 October, Michael Bronski, “The Lost Language of Desire”, in Gay Community News, page 12

Questions about sex workers

What is sex workers the plural of?
Sex workers is the plural of sex worker.

Words near sex workers in the dictionary

  1. sex toys
  2. sex trafficking
  3. sex up
  4. sex work
  5. sex worker
  6. sex workers
  7. sex working
  8. sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll
  9. sex, lies and videotape
  10. sex-
  11. sex-appeal

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