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pimp

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Word definitions for pimp in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pimp \Pimp\ (p[i^]mp), n. [Cf. F. pimpant smart, sparkish; perh. akin to piper to pipe, formerly also, to excel. Cf. Pipe .] One who provides gratification for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander. --Swift.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, of unknown origin, perhaps from Middle French pimpant "alluring in dress, seductive," present participle of pimper "to dress elegantly" (16c.), from Old French pimpelorer , pipelorer "decorate, color, beautify." Weekley suggests Middle French pimpreneau ...

Usage examples of pimp.

Ahmad, was once a famous dragoman in Cairo, the leading guide and interpreter for tourists in these parts and something of a patron saint to those in the pimp and alcohol trades.

The Drome is a single narrow space with a bar down one side and tables along the other, thick with pimps and handlers and an arcane array of dealers.

The man who had recognized me was a noted pimp whom I had thrashed some time before for having deceived me.

Soon after his arrival, he said, members of the department reported that certain officers were helping themselves to money and other evidence that was seized during arrests and taking kickbacks from prostitutes and their pimps.

In thirty-two years he had seen the full pageant of human misery walk through his door - all ages, sexes, colours, shapes, sizes, and with every kink in the book: junkies, pushers, pros-ties, pimps, thieves, kooks, killers, you name it.

And he always cheered when Mollee took on the android brothels, put the pimps into prison and set the prostidroids free.

The pimp, who posted bail for his girls regularly through Nig Rosewater and Wee Willie Bimstine, found the John and used a tire iron to extort three hundred dollars from him, half of which he gave to the girl.

After the two old hired guns took a place they were joined by a whiskey drummer from El Paso and a smartly dressed octaroon who looked to be either a pimp or a gambler.

The negotiations, the deal itself, and the cash payouts would have been handled outside his line of vision, probably by Gaspaldi the pimp.

As an ex-hooker, she vaguely understood that pimping was a nonreducible felony that requires prison time.

Four years ago, Angie and I had killed a pimp and crack dealer named Marion Socia in cold blood under the southeast expressway.

Nearly all the traffic across the Inglewood Desolate is of fairly furtive, untalkative typesJaybirds, hooters, pimps like my pals here.

At least he avoided hats, which could make him look like a pimp out of a seventies blaxploitation film.

In the movie, an especially hypocritical and corrupt police inspector accomplishes this by doubling as a pimp and a landlord for a eunuch-transvestite brothel on Falkland Road.

It was a dirty reeking room into which we entered, with men and women idling upon stools and cushions I know not if Daedalus could have made a labyrinth for such monsters, or Apelles have coloured such misshapes, but in plain sight they all took the form of pimps, strumpets and whores.