whorehound
English
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edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɔːhaʊnd/
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Noun
editwhorehound (plural whorehounds)
- (US, vulgar, slang) Someone who often has sex with prostitutes.
- 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 122:
- ‘Don't worry about me. I don't drink and I don't run around. I'm no boozer and whorehound. I know what's good for me.’