pross

See also: Pross

English

Etymology

Clipping of prostitute, with a doubled s as a pronunciation spelling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒs/

Noun

pross (plural prosses)

1. (slang) A prostitute.
   • 2015, David Smith, Who Invited the Band?, page 84:

     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.

Verb

pross (third-person singular simple present prosses, present participle prossing, simple past and past participle prossed)

1. (UK, slang, obsolete) To sponge or scrounge; to take advantage of a person's generosity.
   • 1896, The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality, volume 14, page 231:

     He will ask for a bank-note as one asks for a cigarette […]
     Now and again in the dingy, dreary desert of "prossing" one finds an oasis of humour wherein the weary lender may obtain some solace for his ills.

Derived terms

• prosser

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary