/ˈpɹɒs/
OriginClipping of prostitute, with a doubled s as a pronunciation spelling (compare pros).
- slangA prostitute.
“All the prosses took the piss out of him, as did the England boys and there wasn't a lot that Andy could do or say. Stuart Hill's girl turned up, as she was doing sex for free, she was not popular wit”
- UK, obsolete, slangTo sponge or scrounge; to take advantage of a person's generosity.
“He will ask for a bank-note as one asks for a cigarette […]
Now and again in the dingy, dreary desert of "prossing" one finds an oasis of humour wherein the weary lender may obtain some solace for his”
Formsprosses(plural) · prosses(present, singular, third-person) · prossing(participle, present) · prossed(participle, past) · prossed(past) · Prosses(plural)