lady of the night

lady of the night

euphemism A prostitute. I love living in this neighborhood, but there are a few ladies of the night who hang around looking for business after dark.
See also: lady, night, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lady of the night

used euphemistically to refer to a prostitute.
See also: lady, night, of
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • between jobs
  • between projects
  • maker
  • do what comes naturally
  • a visit from the stork
  • be in an interesting condition
  • be expecting
  • a London particular
  • London
  • be gathered to (one's) fathers
References in periodicals archive
The actress and singer, who will be at the Liverpool Empire next month in a touring production of Chicago, will appear with Liza Tarbuck and John Thomson playing a "lady of the night" in the feature film The Be All And End All.
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AN England fan falls for the charms of a Berlin lady of the night.
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Headteacher Rachel, or the "resident lady of the night" as Grantly calls her, is laid up in hospital, eager to return, even though the doctor says she needs more skin grafts.
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Later, she stumbled onto the street with a bag over her shoulder, looking like a lady of the night. Let's hope her daughter with Cobain, Frances Bean, is being looked after.
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MOLLY Malone may have plied her trade through streets broad and narrow - but she was no lady of the night, it was claimed yesterday.
MOLLY A GOOD GIRL
Christian finds himself plunged into a passionate but ultimately tragic love affair with the beautiful lady of the night, but can love conquer all?
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GLAD to see Coleen and Wayne are back to their lovey dovey best after his reported dalliance with a lady of the night.
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I'M not sure how Chinawhite will cope - let alone our 3am girls - but there are murmurs that Jordan, that fine, certainly upstanding lady of the night and its clubs, is planning to depart the metropolis for a life in the country, one of the remoter parts of Surrey.
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indiscretions with an American "lady of the night" a few years ago.
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First job: She had a tiny part as a "lady of the night" in the film Far And Away.
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He directs his favourite stars Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine in this romantic 1963 tale of a hapless policeman (Lemmon) who falls for MacLaine's lady of the night and concocts an elaborate plan to get her off the streets.
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The floppy-haired Englishman - whose last rap in the States involved the cops and a Divine lady of the night - is sampled on an underground hip-hop track.
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A Knight of the road has been sacked after he was allegedly caught trawling for a lady of the night.
Prowling on patrol