noun
Meaning 1
A female prostitute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, idiomatic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
working girl
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noun
Meaning 2
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see working, girl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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noun
Meaning 3
a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: woman, adult female
Narrower terms: call girl, camp follower, comfort woman, ianfu, demimondaine, streetwalker, street girl, hooker, hustler, floozy, floozie, slattern, white slave
noun
Meaning 4
a young woman who is employed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: worker, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille
History
Etymology
From working + girl. First use appears c. 1620, in the publications of Thomas Shelton.