break luck

verb

break luck

verb
1

Slang For a prostitute to pick up her first client of the day.

  • When she re-appeared it would only be a matter of minutes before she "Broke luck" (dated her first john).1970, John Terry Robinson, The double circle people, page 9:
  • 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 […]2009, Quincy Mack, The Naked Soul of Pimps and Prostitutes, page 150:
2 more examples
  • Mary hadn't broke luck tonight.2010, Red Jordan Arobateau, Ho Stroll: Part 1, page 189:
  • 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.2011, Iceberg Slim, Pimp: The Story of My Life, page 99:

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