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ginger
noun- a sandy- or red-haired person; often as a nickname UK, 1885
Originally (1785) used of a cock with reddish plumage. - Ginger Geezer. An Appreciation [of Vivian Stanshall]. — The Guardian, 8 March 1995
- the backside AUSTRALIA, 1967
From GINGER ALE- “Yeh, and the legal-eagles are on our ginger.” — Frank Hardy, The Outcasts of Foolgarah, p. 76, 1971
- a prostitute who steals from her clients AUSTRALIA
Also “ginger girl”, “gingerer”. - — Sidney J. Baker, Australia Speaks, 1953
▶ on the ginger
(of prostitutes) stealing from their clients AUSTRALIA- They went into partnership on the ginger. — Lance Peters, The Dirty Half-Mile, p. 164, 1979
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