Old Pros

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Monday, April 12, 2010

A prostitute.

"Immodeste and wanton gyrles have hereby ben made sisters of the Banck (the stumbling stock of all frayle youth)."

Robert Crowley, An informacion and peticion agaynst the oppressours of the pore Commons (1548).

Richard Voorhees: Voorhees' unabridged dictionary of "The World's Oldest Professions" is available on Amazon and at http://www.rgvoorhees.com. Follow him on Twitter @richvoorhees.

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