world's oldest profession

短语

发音

US

词形变化

the world's oldest profession not attested 复数

别名

oldest profession in the world oldest profession

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Prostitution.

    委婉

词源

First appears c. 1888, coined by Rudyard Kipling as most ancient profession in the world. Alternative forms appeared in the early 1900s, present form popular by the 1930s. Similar terms with various senses (not necessarily prostitution) exist in other languages.

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