pross

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Pronunciation

/ˈpɹɒs/

Definition of pross

3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(slang)A prostitute.

“All the prosses took the piss out of him, as did the England boys and there wasn't a lot that Andy could do or say. Stuart Hill's girl turned up, as she was doing sex for free, she was not popular with the prosses.”

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noun

(slang)A prostitute.

“All the prosses took the piss out of him, as did the England boys and there wasn't a lot that Andy could do or say. Stuart Hill's girl turned up, as she was doing sex for free, she was not popular with the prosses.”

verb

(UK, obsolete, slang)To sponge or scrounge; to take advantage of a person's generosity.

“He will ask for a bank-note as one asks for a cigarette […] Now and again in the dingy, dreary desert of "prossing" one finds an oasis of humour wherein the weary lender may obtain some solace for his ills.”

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Clipping of prostitute, with a doubled s as a pronunciation spelling (compare pros).

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