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fancy women

noun

plural of fancy woman

as in women of easy virtue

a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman in those days a woman who acted on stage was often thought of as a fancy woman

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prostitutes

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The firm’s employees took Quaaludes, a sedative medication, like candy, hired prostitutes regularly, and held gambling sprees in Monte Carlo and Las Vegas.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 14 July 2026
Under colonial rule hijras were accused of acting as male prostitutes and of kidnapping and castrating children to grow their community.

— Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026

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