Pross
name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A prostitute. slang
"All the prosses took the piss out of him, as did the England boys and there wasn't a lot that Andy could do or say. Stuart Hill's girl turned up, as she was doing sex for free, she was not popular with the prosses."
- 1 To sponge or scrounge; to take advantage of a person's generosity. UK, obsolete, slang
"He will ask for a bank-note as one asks for a cigarette […] Now and again in the dingy, dreary desert of "prossing" one finds an oasis of humour wherein the weary lender may obtain some solace for his ills."
- 1 A surname from German.
Example
More examples"All the prosses took the piss out of him, as did the England boys and there wasn't a lot that Andy could do or say. Stuart Hill's girl turned up, as she was doing sex for free, she was not popular with the prosses."
Etymology
Clipping of prostitute, with a doubled s as a pronunciation spelling (compare pros).
Borrowed from German Pross.
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