Meaning of dollymop | Babel Free

Definitions

An amateur, often part-time, female prostitute in 19th-century London.

British, slang

Examples

“Those women who, for the sake of distinguishing them from the professionals, I must call⟳ amateurs, are generally spoken of as “Dollymops.” Now many servant-maids, nurse-maids who go with children into the Parks, shop⟳ girls and milliners who may be met with at the various “dancing academies,” so called, are “Dollymops.” We must separate⟳ these latter again from the “Demoiselle de Comptoir,” who is just as much in point⟳ of fact a “Dollymop,” because she prostitutes herself for her own⟳ pleasure, a few trifling presents or a little money now and then, and not altogether to maintain⟳ herself.”

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