See hooker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2018, Brendon Urie, Michael Angelakos, Sam Hollander, Morgan Kibby, Jake Sinclair, Dillon Francis, “Hey Look Ma, I Made It”, in Pray for the Wicked, performed by Panic! at the Disco:",
"text": "All my life, been hustling / And tonight is my appraisal / 'Cause I'm a hooker selling songs / And my pimp's a record label",
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"A prostitute."
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"ref": "1993, Herman Wouk, The Hope (novel), page 675:",
"text": "Emily had cut short these 3 A.M. glooms with a hooker of bourbon.",
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"ipa": "/ˈhʊk.ɚ/",
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"US"
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