turn a trickとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

turn a trick (三人称単数 現在形 turns a trick, 現在分詞 turning a trick, 過去形および過去分詞形 turned a trick)

1. (chiefly US, idiomatic, of a prostitute) To perform a sexual service for a customer.
   • 1946, Mezz Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues, New York: Random House, page 23:

     The girls explained to me that they got eighty cents a trick, one payment for each metal check—“turning a trick” was how they described one session with a john.

   • 2007 March 22, Ajay Bhardwaj, “Laws put us at risk: hookers”, in Edmonton Sun (Canada)‎^[1], retrieved 18 February 2009:

     City prostitutes say laws governing the sex trade are putting them in danger every time they turn a trick.

同意語

• sell one's body, turn tricks; see also Thesaurus:prostitute oneself

派生語

• trick turner

参照

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