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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

why are ladies of the oldest profession called toms

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"why are ladies of the oldest profession called toms"

No idea, have you Googled it?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A guess here, maybe after tom cats who prowl the streets late at night looking for sex?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tom" meaning a prostitute is a slang term used in London UK, and, if TV shows are to be believed, its usage is particularly prevalent in the Police Force.

: With such a London connection, the instant suspicion is that Cockney rhyming slang may be involved. Cockney rhyming slang definitely already has two other meanings for the word "tom", namely jewellery (from tomfoolery) and shit (from Tom Tit), which just goes to show that context is everything when trying to understand a Cockney. Some have claimed that "tom" meaning a prostitute derives from "Thomas More" equalling "whore".

: Another theory revolves round "tom" being an abbreviation of "tomboy", which used to carry a pejorative meaning of a bold or immodest woman, in contrast to today's sense of simply "boyish or boisterous girl".

: There may well be other possibilities, but given the fact that this is such a London term - and I've never heard it used anywhere else - I favour the rhyming slang theory.

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Here are some relevant entries in Slang and Euphamism, A Dictionary, by Richard A. Spears, Signet Books, 1991:

Tom: a prostitute

Tomato: a prostitute (U.S. underworld, early 1900s)

Tomboy: a rude and sexually uncontrolled girl; a strumpet (Primarily British, 1500s - 1800s)

Tomrig: a girl or woman, especially one who is sexually loose (colloquial, early 1700s - 1900s)

Tom Tart: a sexually loose woman. Rhyming slang for "tart"

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By *emima_puddlefuckCouple
over a year ago

hexham

Tom was also Victorian slang for a mannish lesbian ,from tomboy i assume.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

we call em brases'.....and say " fancy goin the brass house.....i never got that either?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

wow shaz -- thats great

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"we call em brases'.....and say " fancy goin the brass house.....i never got that either? "

and i suppose you can only go to the brass house if youve got the brass to pay for it

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

Cause they have fannys like squashed tomatoes?

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