on the turf
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[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]- (slang, euphemistic) Synonym of on the game (“working as a prostitute”)
- 2013, David Bradshaw, Rachel Potter, Prudes on the Prowl, page 130:
- Are you sorry for the one who put you on the turf?
- 2016, Margot Norris, The Value of James Joyce, page 16:
- And this in turn will surely not only cost her her job, but possibly also land her in jail or, at the best, put her out on the turf as a prostitute.