procuress

• Juvenal harshly refers to {91} her as a procuress,[48] and her temples had a more than doubtful reputation, for they were frequented by young men in quest of gallant adventures. —  The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism
• Many plays appear (as Shaw pointed out) in which the prostitute and the procuress are practically obvious, and in which they are represented as revelling in beautiful surroundings and basking in brilliant popularity. —  George Bernard Shaw
• Why, if you will have it, you are little better than a procuress: You carry messages betwixt party and party:--And, in one word, sir, she's as arrant a fruit-woman as any is about Rome Mar. —  The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 04
• The disreputable young man constantly passes in and out, making small purchases from every pretty girl, opening an acquaintance with complimentary remarks; or the procuress, a fashionably-dressed woman, buys clothing in large amounts, sometimes for a young girl by her side, ostensibly her daughter. —  A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil
• I have already said above, that a contraction of the mind can never be right, but that an elation of it may; for the joy of Hector in Nćvius is one thing Tis joy indeed to hear my praises sung By you, who are the theme of honor's tongue but that of the character in Trabea another: "The kind procuress, allured by my money, will observe my nod, will watch my desires, and study my will. —  Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth

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