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whorings

whorings is the plural of whoring.

Meaning of whoring

Noun

whoring (countable and uncountable, plural whorings)

  1. Synonym of prostitution, having sex for money; (figurative) disgracing oneself for money; having promiscuous sex.
    • Scott... had told me at the Closerie des Lilas how he wrote what he thought were good stories, and which really were good stories for the Post, and then changed them for submission, knowing exactly how he must make the twists that made them into salable magazine stories. I had been shocked at this...1964, Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 151
    Synonyms:
    prostitution, having sex for money

Questions about whorings

What is whorings the plural of?
Whorings is the plural of whoring.

Words near whorings in the dictionary

  1. whoring
  2. whoring after
  3. whoring around
  4. whoring out
  5. whoring up
  6. whorings
  7. whorish
  8. whorishly
  9. whorishness
  10. whorl
  11. whorl feet

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