call girl

noun

plural call girls
: a female sex worker with whom an appointment may be made by phone or online
also : a female sex worker hired to attend a social engagement with someone : a woman who is an escort

Examples of call girl in a Sentence

was a rising star in politics until a story about drugs and call girls came out
Recent Examples on the Web The crime drama earned Fonda the first of her two best actress Oscars and starred Sutherland as the titular detective and Fonda as a call girl who helps him in a missing persons case. Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 21 June 2024 Sutherland played the titular detective John Klute in the film, while Fonda played the call girl Bree Daniels, who Klute is trying to protect from a killer stalking her. Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2024 The next year, Mr. Navalny aired a 25-minute portrayal of a potentially corrupt association between a top Putin aide and one of Russia’s richest oligarchs, featuring a secret rendezvous on a luxury yacht with a call girl. Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024 In 1972, the actress, in her 30s at the time, walked onstage to accept the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role playing a headstrong call girl in Klute. Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 14 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for call girl 

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Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of call girl was in 1912

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“Call girl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call%20girl. Accessed 7 Oct. 2024.

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