lady of easy virtue

lady of easy virtue

euphemism A prostitute. A: "I think that Lord Stewart is spending time with a lady of easy virtue." B: "No, surely not!"
See also: easy, lady, of, virtue
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • as easy as taking candy from a baby
  • as easy as shooting fish in a barrel
  • easy peasy
  • easy to come by
  • be (as) easy as one-two-three
  • easy game
  • an easy berth
  • easy meat
  • it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog
  • be (as) easy as rolling off (of) a log
References in periodicals archive
A lady of easy virtue. Surprising a film has not been made of his life story.
The Wild man of Boningale
COURT IN THE ACT: The Slaughterhouse Players' Michael Tuckey as Judge Lord Tophem Tippler, David Southam as the clerk to the court, and Caroline Williams as a 'lady of easy virtue'.
ROGUES FROM THE PAST IN THE DOCK; Ladies of easy virtue, thieves and vagabonds on trial as Warwick's old court hears real cases from history
Supporting perfs are passable but not wowing, with Ornella Muti in a minor role as Nohan's mother recollected in flashback, and Hanna Schygulla as a ship's lady of easy virtue.
Friday or Another Day
Higgledy Piggledy, the black hen who "laid eggs for gentlemen", was a lady of easy virtue who only took high-class customers and Jack and Jill went up the hill to lose their virginity.
Baa Baa Humbug!