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skin trade

skin trade noun: the sex industry.

Noun

the skin trade (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) The sex industry
  2. The fur business, i.e. trading animal skins.

Questions about skin trade

What does skin trade mean?
Skin trade means the sex industry.
What part of speech is skin trade?
Skin trade is a noun.

Words near skin trade in the dictionary

  1. skin tags
  2. skin the cat
  3. skin the lamb
  4. skin tone
  5. skin tones
  6. skin trade
  7. skin up
  8. skin virgin
  9. skin virgins
  10. skin wool
  11. skin worm

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