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World's oldest profession

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Prostitution. euphemistic, no-plural

    "Lalun is a member of the most ancient profession in the world."

Etymology

First appears c. 1888, coined by Rudyard Kipling as most ancient profession in the world. Alternative forms appeared in the early 1900s, present form popular by the 1930s. Similar terms with various senses (not necessarily prostitution) exist in other languages.

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