harlotry
noun
har·lot·ry
ˈhär-lə-trē 
plural harlotries
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archaic
: an immoral woman
He sups tonight with a harlotry …—
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Examples of harlotry in a Sentence
a city that in biblical times was infamous for licentiousness and harlotry
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Within the slippery world of harlotry—where class can be transcended and humanity bought—relationships form that defy our historical assumptions about the bounded categories of human experience.
—Sarah Marshall, New Republic, 2 June 2017
That's how my job eventually descended into harlotry: through the endless cat-and-mouse game of porntrepreneurs subverting Google's anti-smut policies.
—Lucas Peterson, GQ, 22 May 2017
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Sarah Marshall, New Republic, 2 June 2017
That's how my job eventually descended into harlotry: through the endless cat-and-mouse game of porntrepreneurs subverting Google's anti-smut policies.
—Lucas Peterson, GQ, 22 May 2017
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“Harlotry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harlotry. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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