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sex worker

[seks wur-ker] / ˈsɛks ˌwɜr kər /
NOUN
person employed in the sex industry
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A former sex worker, actor and drag queen, Beyer was elected to national parliament in 1999 after several years as mayor of Carterton, a rural town on the country's North Island.

From Reuters • Mar. 6, 2023

“We are harassed, we are robbed, we are pestered for money,” Erni, a street musician and former sex worker who is a student at the boarding school, said in the Vice video.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2023

Chelsea Bieker’s ‘Godshot,’ a surreal debut novel set in the parched Central Valley, depicts a fundamentalist rain cult and sex worker resisters.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2022

Liara Roux, a sex worker and organizer for human rights for sex workers, criticized Black's remarks as another lackluster response to gun violence.

From Salon • May 30, 2018

"A woman's no means no, be it a sex worker, a casual acquaintance or even a wife," Bachchan tells the court.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2016




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