on the turf
English
Prepositional phrase
- (slang, euphemistic) Synonym of on the game (“working as a prostitute”)
- 2013, David Bradshaw, Rachel Potter, Prudes on the Prowl (page 130)
- Are you sorry for the one who put you on the turf?
- 2016, Margot Norris, The Value of James Joyce (page 16)
- And this in turn will surely not only cost her her job, but possibly also land her in jail or, at the best, put her out on the turf as a prostitute.
- 2013, David Bradshaw, Rachel Potter, Prudes on the Prowl (page 130)
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