"bodyworker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bodyworkers [plural]
Etymology: body + worker Etymology templates: {{compound|en|body|worker}} body + worker Head templates: {{en-noun}} bodyworker (plural bodyworkers)
  1. A person who builds the bodywork of a car.
    Sense id: en-bodyworker-en-noun-62AnoVOE
  2. A person who performs erotic massage for payment, and sometimes also prostitution. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-bodyworker-en-noun-R8R4h3ov Disambiguation of People: 37 63 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 87

Inflected forms

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