strawberry
n.— «Molly talks about the working girls on skid row who are known as strawberries. What’s that? I ask. That’s what they call girls who turn tricks for the price of a rock, Molly says.» —“A Corner Where L.A. Hits Rock Bottom” by Steve Lopez Los Angeles Times Oct. 17, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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