call-girl

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A prostitute who is contacted by telephone: "call-girl" refers to a sex worker who arranges appointments with clients primarily through telephone calls, often working independently or through an agency.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The detective posed as a client to investigate the call-girl operation. (A sex worker who arranges meetings by phone.)
  • She worked as a call-girl for several years before leaving the industry. (A prostitute who schedules clients via telephone.)

Advanced Usage

• "to be a call-girl": to work as a prostitute who is contacted by phone.
  • In the film, the main character is a call-girl struggling with her lifestyle. (She is a sex worker who arranges clients by telephone.)

Variants and Related Words

• Call-girl service (n): an agency or business that arranges appointments with prostitutes via telephone.
  • The police raided the call-girl service operating out of a downtown hotel. (A business that connects clients with prostitutes by phone.)

Synonyms

• Prostitute: a person who engages in sexual activity for payment.
• Sex worker: a broad term for anyone who provides sexual services for money.
• Escort: a person who accompanies another for social events, sometimes including sexual services (often euphemistic).

Related Idioms

• To make a call: to telephone someone.
  • She made a call to arrange a meeting with a client. (She used the phone to schedule an appointment.)
• To work the phones: to use telephones extensively for business, often in sex work contexts.
  • The call-girl spent her evenings working the phones to book clients. (She used the telephone to arrange appointments.)

Notes

• The term "call-girl" is somewhat dated and may be considered informal or euphemistic. In modern usage, "escort" or "sex worker" is more common and less stigmatizing.