track
n.— «He had sex with her, and the next night took her to the “track” on Rockaway Boulevard, where she turned her first trick.…That winter, Romeo took Lucilia to the track, to bachelor parties, and to clubs.…A week later, she was arrested on the track at Pennsylvania Avenue.» —“The 13-Year-Old Prostitute” by Jessica Lustig New York (New York City) Apr. 9, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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