turn a trick
verb- The girls explained to me that they got eighty cents a trick, one payment for each metal check—“turning a trick” was how they described one session with a john.1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “Not too Far Tangent”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 1 (1899–1923: A Nothin’ but a Child), page 23:
- City prostitutes say laws governing the sex trade are putting them in danger every time they turn a trick.2007 March 22, Ajay Bhardwaj, “Laws put us at risk: hookers”, in Edmonton Sun (Canada), retrieved 18 Feb 2009:
- Synonyms
- sell one's body, turn tricks
- Derived terms
- trick turner