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Idiom idiom

business girl


A female prostitute.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.


SIMPLE

The detective investigated the activities of the business girl.

CONTEXTUAL

The police officer warned the business girl about the dangers of working alone in that part of the city.

COMPLEX

The undercover agent spent weeks observing the business girl, hoping to gather enough evidence to dismantle the criminal network operating in the district.


Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    as the next girl

    To a reasonable degree; as much as a typical woman.

  2. 02

    atta girl

    Alternative spelling of attagirl.

  3. 03

    bad business

    Synonym of bad news (“irritating, troublesome or harmful thing, situation or person”).

  4. 04

    big girl

    An adult woman; a woman behaving as a responsible adult.

  5. 05

    boys and girls

    Used to address an audience of children, or (jocularly) of adults.

  6. 06

    business as usual

    The normal course of an activity, particularly in circumstances that are out of the ordinary.

  7. 07

    business end

    The part of an object (chiefly a tool or weapon) that is physically used for its operation, rather than some other part such as the part by which it is held.

  8. 08

    comfort girl

    A female sex slave; prostitute.

Last updated August 10, 2026