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English Dictionary: harlotry by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harlotry
n
  1. offering sexual intercourse for pay [syn: prostitution, harlotry, whoredom]
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.
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