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pross en · NOUN
Pronunciation
/ˈpɹɒs/
Etymology
Clipping of prostitute, with a doubled s as a pronunciation spelling (compare pros).
Meanings
(slang) A prostitute.
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. 2015, David Smith, Who Invited the Band?, page 84:
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pross en · VERB
Pronunciation
/ˈpɹɒs/
Etymology
Clipping of prostitute, with a doubled s as a pronunciation spelling (compare pros).
Meanings
(UK, obsolete, slang) To sponge or scrounge; to take advantage of a person's generosity.
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. 1896, The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality, volume 14, page 231: