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turned a trick

turned a trick is the simple past and past participle of turn a trick.

Meaning of turn a trick

Verb

turn a trick (third-person singular simple present turns a trick, present participle turning a trick, simple past and past participle turned a trick)

  1. (US, idiomatic) To perform a sexual service for a customer.
    • The girls explained to me that they got eighty cents a trick, one payment for each metal check—“turning a trick” was how they described one session with a john.1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Not too Far Tangent”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 1 (1899–1923: A Nothin’ but a Child), page 23

Questions about turned a trick

What is turned a trick the simple past and past participle of?
Turned a trick is the simple past and past participle of turn a trick.

Words near turned a trick in the dictionary

  1. turned a number of shades of red
  2. turned a page
  3. turned a phrase
  4. turned a profit
  5. turned a setback into a comeback
  6. turned a trick
  7. turned about
  8. turned again
  9. turned against
  10. turned an honest penny
  11. turned around

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