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Lady of the evening

Posted by TheFallen on September 21, 2004

In Reply to: Lady of the evening posted by Bookworms on September 21, 2004

: : I know what this is, but how did it come to be called this?

: My guess is that her visitors would stop by in the late evening, under the cover of darkness.

More commonly called a "lady of the night" here in the UK.

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