"pross" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: prosses [plural]
Etymology: Shortening. Head templates: {{en-noun}} pross (plural prosses)
  1. (slang) A prostitute. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-pross-en-noun-NiVr4rC1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Shortening.",
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    {
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      "tags": [
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
          "ref": "2015, David Smith, Who Invited the Band?, page 84",
          "text": "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 with the prosses.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A prostitute."
      ],
      "id": "en-pross-en-noun-NiVr4rC1",
      "links": [
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) A prostitute."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pross"
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{
  "etymology_text": "Shortening.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        "(slang) A prostitute."
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