as in prostitutes
a woman who engages in sexual activities for money
in its time, this waterfront dive was decried as a den of iniquity, unfit even for the drunks and drabs who haunted it
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Recent Examples of drabs
The Kennedy assassination still features many unknowns, and information is still being released about it in drips and drabs—previewing, perhaps, the future of disclosure around the Epstein case.
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Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drabs
prostitutes
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Police and the media classified Gacy’s victims as male prostitutes and homosexuals, using that as an excuse to marginalize and blame them.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
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Prosecutors have insisted, however, that Diddy wasn’t paying prostitutes just to make blue movies in their own court filings.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Drabs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drabs. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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