as in prostitute
a woman who engages in sexual activities for money
went undercover pretending to be a hooker as part of a sting operation
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Recent Examples of hooker
These were strippers, hookers, actresses, and showgirls, all of them with knock-out bodies.
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Cher, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
Those bank documents helped federal prosecutors bring a criminal case in California about unpaid taxes on cash Biden used to fund drugs and hookers.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 7 Sep. 2024
Breakfast at Tiffany’s is about someone who’s just about scraping a living as a hooker.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024
According to the movies, there are really only four jobs: assassin; hooker (heart of gold optional); President of the United States of America; and FBI agent who hunts down serial killers and risks safety and sanity in doing so.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2024
At Reynolds’ Pier near Jacksonport, two lumber hooker wrecks lie next to the pier, as do the remains of two schooners.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
In film, Colbert played The Nurse in 1981’s S.O.B. and a hooker in the 1982 film Hysterical.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 9 July 2024
Wooden schooners, or lumber hookers, would crowd the piers as items were loaded.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
Chuck has learned that Donna, who’s carrying his baby, was once a hooker.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
Cher, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
Those bank documents helped federal prosecutors bring a criminal case in California about unpaid taxes on cash Biden used to fund drugs and hookers.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 7 Sep. 2024
Breakfast at Tiffany’s is about someone who’s just about scraping a living as a hooker.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024
According to the movies, there are really only four jobs: assassin; hooker (heart of gold optional); President of the United States of America; and FBI agent who hunts down serial killers and risks safety and sanity in doing so.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2024
At Reynolds’ Pier near Jacksonport, two lumber hooker wrecks lie next to the pier, as do the remains of two schooners.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
In film, Colbert played The Nurse in 1981’s S.O.B. and a hooker in the 1982 film Hysterical.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 9 July 2024
Wooden schooners, or lumber hookers, would crowd the piers as items were loaded.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
Chuck has learned that Donna, who’s carrying his baby, was once a hooker.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
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“Hooker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hooker. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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