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three-penny uprighter:
Or: three-penny-upright , 19 th century term for a cheap prostitute , one willing to have-sex against a wall.

QUOTE: Captain Francis Grose. Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811) as: ' A retailer of love , who, for the sum mentioned, dispenses her favours standing against a wall .'




See Also: three-penny upright, penny a mile, three-penny uprighter, third set, third sex,
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