Pandora's Box: An Essay Review of American Law and Literature On Prostitution

“So, if she has been called a woman of the town, a tart, a bawd, a wanton, a bawdy-basket, a bird-of-the-game, a bit of stuff, a buttered bun, a cockatrice, a cock-chafer, a cow, a crack, a cunt, a daughter of Eve, a gay girl, a gobble-prick, a high-flyer, a high-roller, a hussy, a hurry-whore, a jill, a jude, a Judy, a jug, laced mutton, lift-skirts, light o’love, merry legs, minx, moll, moon-lighter, morsel, mount, mutton-broker, nestcock, night-bird, night-piece, night-walker, nymph of darkness, nymph of the pavement, petticoat pick-up, piece, pillow-mate, pinch-prick, pole-climber prancer, quail, quiet mouse, or even Queen—it is not surprising.” 1