Definition of Turn a trick

1. Verb. Have a customer, of a prostitute.

Generic synonyms: Do Work, Work

Definition of Turn a trick

1. Verb. (chiefly US idiomatic of a prostitute) To perform a sexual service for a customer. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turn A Trick

turn-sick
turn-stile
turn-stiles
turn-up
turn a blind eye
turn a corner
turn a deaf ear
turn a hair
turn a loss
turn a new leaf
turn a nice dime
turn a nice dollar
turn a nice penny
turn a phrase
turn a profit
turn about
turn against
turn and bank indicator
turn around
turn arounds
turn away
turn back
turn back the clock
turn down
turn down ratio
turn flukes
turn heads
turn in

Literary usage of Turn a trick

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gaelic Etymology of the Languages of Western Europe and More Especially by Charles Mackay (1877)
"... car, a twist, a turn, a trick ; cuir (plural, pronounced queer), twists, turns, tricks, stratagems, things out of the straight line, in modern parlance, ..."

2. A Compendium of Molesworth's Marathi and English Dictionary by James Thomas Molesworth, Baba Padmanji (1863)
"An artful turn, a trick, wile (among wrestlers) : also (in argument, dealing &c.) a trap, snare. 3 A trouble : a strait, scrape, v. 4. fa^t ». c. To twist. ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"... "If you will give me the money, maybe I can turn a trick for you." Thereupon the applicant handed him a dollar and he retired. ..."

4. A Grammar of the French Tongue: Grounded Upon the Decisions of the French by John Perrin (1832)
"... a trumpeter. une trompette, a trumpet. un toui-, a turn, a trick. une tour, a tower. un teneur de livres, a book- la teneur d'un acte, the tenor keeper. ..."

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