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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
whoring
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Dumped poor Catherine and Mary in some deserted palace whilst he went whoring.
▪ In Athens he lived by night, indulging in his two hobbies, whoring and eating.
▪ People were back to their drinking, drugging and whoring.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Whoring

Whore \Whore\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whored; p. pr. & vb. n. Whoring.] [Cf. Icel. h?ra. See Whore, n.]

  1. To have unlawful sexual intercourse; to practice lewdness.

  2. (Script.) To worship false and impure gods.

Wiktionary
whoring

n. The activities of a whore; prostitution; promiscuous sex. vb. (present participle of whore English)

Usage examples of "whoring".

Mary, he told himself, knew decidedly more of whoring than of clerking, and as the mistress of a brothel as well as his bookkeeper she would be tied to him for ever.

She took up whoring to support Jane and the granddaughter, then a suckling babe, without telling Jane.

I should be embarrassed, but a couple years of whoring cures all embarrassment.

In the matter of whoring, though, which was known to plague even the most watchful of voyages, Hannah was to play a part so skilful that the surgeon-superintendent would state in his report that the prisoners had co-operated well and had shown little pernicious disruption and almost none of the moral turpitude so commonly experienced on a convict ship carrying female prisoners.

Mary and Ann Gower knew well enough that whoring and strong drink taken together spelled trouble, so they were careful not to create a convivial atmosphere about the running of their business.

For instance, he warned them to stay away from the property of the more touchy citizens who might be expected to defend their possessions and even come into the mountains after thieves, people like Aaron Court and Benny Ripon, a part-time gunfighter and part-time jeweler, and people who might take revenge in other ways, people like Al Bleiberg, the butcher, who might refuse to sell their stolen cattle, or Sheriff Maxie, who might alter his laissez-faire attitude toward Packard activities, or Lilith Moran, who might bar them from the delights of gambling, drinking, and whoring at the Fallen Angel.

Instead of venturing out for his usual evening of drinking, gambling, or whoring, Quincy lay back on his bed in his hotel room and gave Susanna a good deal of thought.

If the girl was really set up to go whoring she would have to do something about her grim self pity, otherwise she would be strictly limited to clients who liked to get depressed.

Being wild by nature, he had liked his brief period of training and the drinking and gambling and whoring that went with it.

Krummel, a scholar by intent but a warrior by breeding, assumes command of the 721st Communication Security Detachment, an unsoldierly crew of bored, rebellious, whoring, foul-mouthed, drunken enlistees.

Angeles -- drinking and whoring and anything else they can think of to get in trouble.