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  • 41impurity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Moral uncleanness Nouns 1. impurity, immodesty, grossness, indelicacy, indecency; pornography, curiosa, obscenity, ribaldry, smut, bawdy, filth, double entendre; coprophilia; pornographic movie, blue… …

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  • 42fornication — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. adultery, illicit intercourse, unlicensed intercourse, promiscuousness, extramarital sex, premarital sex, incontinence, carnality, lechery, unchastity, lewdness, lubricity, libidinousness, licentiousness, venery,… …

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  • 43prostitution — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. whoredom, hustling, harlotry, adultery, fornication, wantonness, hooking*; see also lewdness …

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  • 44Impurity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Impurity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 impurity impurity Sgm: N 1 uncleanness uncleanness &c.(filth) 653 Sgm: N 1 immodesty immodesty Sgm: N 1 grossness grossness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 indelicacy …

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  • 45gigolo — 1922, from Fr. gigolo, formed as a masc. of gigole tall, thin woman; dancing girl; prostitute, perhaps from verb gigoter to move the shanks, hop, from gigue shank, also fiddle, of Germanic origin. This is perhaps the same word that was borrowed… …

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  • 46poontang — (n.) c.1910, probably via New Orleans Creole, from Fr. putain prostitute, from O.Fr. pute whore, probably from fem. of V.L. *puttus (Cf. O.It. putta girl ), from L. putus, with derogatory sense. But also possibly from O.Fr. put, from L. putidus… …

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  • 47prostitution — pros·ti·tu·tion || ‚prÉ‘stɪ tuːʃn /‚prÉ’stɪ tju n. harlotry, act of offering sexual services for a fee, act of selling sexual favors …

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  • 48harlot — [ hα:lət] noun archaic a prostitute or promiscuous woman. Derivatives harlotry noun Origin ME (denoting a vagabond or beggar, later a lecherous man or woman): from OFr. harlot, herlot young man, knave …

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  • 49prostitution — n. 1. Misuse, abuse, perversion, profanation. 2. Unlawful sexual intercourse (on the part of a woman, for hire), harlotry …

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  • 50prostitution — noun they claim that the casino industry only encourages prostitution in the area Syn: the sex trade, the sex industry, whoring, streetwalking, sex tourism; informal the oldest profession, hooking, hustling; dated whoredom; archaic harlotry …

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