break luck

English

Verb

break luck (third-person singular simple present breaks luck, present participle breaking luck, simple past broke luck, past participle broken luck)

1. (slang) For a prostitute to pick up her first client of the day.
   • 1970, John Terry Robinson, The double circle people, page 9:

     When she re-appeared it would only be a matter of minutes before she "Broke luck" (dated her first john).

   • 2009, Quincy Mack, The Naked Soul of Pimps and Prostitutes, page 150:

     During a slow moment of their shift, where they're having a hard time breaking luck, they make sure that their pimp becomes aware of this […]

   • 2010, Red Jordan Arobateau, Ho Stroll: Part 1, page 189:

     Mary hadn't broke luck tonight.

   • 2011, Iceberg Slim, Pimp: The Story of My Life, page 99:

     Ten minutes after she got down she broke luck. A white trick in a thirty-seven Buick picked her up. I timed her. She had racehorse speed.