Crossword clues for harlotry
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Harlotry \Har"lot*ry\ (-r[y^]), n.
Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story. [Obs.]
--Piers Plowman.
--Chaucer.The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness.
--Dryden.Anything meretricious; as, harlotry in art.
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A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage. [Obs.]
He sups to-night with a harlotry.
--Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "loose, crude, or obscene behavior; sexual immorality; ribald talk or jesting," from harlot + -ry.
Wiktionary
n. The trade of a harlot; prostitution.
WordNet
n. offering sexual intercourse for pay [syn: prostitution, whoredom]
Usage examples of "harlotry".
It is through him that we can obtain an accurate description of the social evils of the time, be it the daily workings of English harlotry, the sexual exploitation of the young in England and India, child prostitution, the sexual customs of English colonial troops, or the sorry state of Victorian marital fidelity - clearly shown to be grounded in the nearly total economic dependence of women on men (often much older than themselves, and to whom they were married by their families for financial concerns only).
By the standards of her upbringing she was on the highroad to harlotry, but no harm ever befell her, and Eccles seemed to look on her as a friend, and to ply her with half-pints for no reason other than that he liked her.
She might wish her own harlotries to be hidden, but why should she conceal it from Arthur that he has a son?