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Pross

//ˈpɹɒs// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.
Noun
  1. 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."

Verb
  1. 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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of prostitute, with a doubled s as a pronunciation spelling (compare pros).

Etymology 2

Clipping of prostitute, with a doubled s as a pronunciation spelling (compare pros).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from German Pross.

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