Haymarket ware
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== English ==
=== Etymology ===
A reference to the prostitution that was common in Haymarket area of London in the United Kingdom in the early 19th century.
=== Noun ===
Haymarket ware (uncountable)
(dated, British slang) A prostitute, especially a low-class, on-street prostitute.
==== Synonyms ====
See Thesaurus:prostitute
==== See also ====
Bankside lady, City Road African, Covent Garden nun, Drury Lane vestal, Essex girl, Fleet Street dove, Fulham virgin, St. John's Wood vestal
=== References ===
John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1893), “Haymarket ware”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume III, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 283.