Hypertext Webster Gateway: "harlotry"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Harlotry \Har"lot*ry\, n.
1. Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story. [Obs.] --Piers
Plowman. Chaucer.
2. The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or
customary lewdness. --Dryden.
3. Anything meretricious; as, harlotry in art.
4. A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage. [Obs.]
He sups to-night with a harlotry. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
harlotry
n : offering sexual intercourse for pay [syn: {prostitution}, {whoredom}]
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