"daughter of joy" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-daughter of joy.wav [US] Forms: daughters of joy [plural]
Etymology: Calque of French fille de joie. Etymology templates: {{clq|en|fr|fille de joie}} Calque of French fille de joie Head templates: {{en-noun|daughters of joy}} daughter of joy (plural daughters of joy)
  1. (euphemistic) A female prostitute. Tags: euphemistic Categories (topical): Prostitution

Inflected forms

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