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lady of the night

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lady of the night (plural ladies of the night)

  1. (euphemistic) A female prostitute.
    Synonym: See Thesaurus:prostitute
    • 1976, Donna Summer, Lady of the Night (song)
      They call her the lady of the night
      She's a woman of the world
      And easy-living girl with love for sale
      That's what they call her, the lady of the night.
  2. Any of certain species of genus Brunfelsia.
  3. Night-blooming cestrum (Cestrum nocturnum), a Central American shrub.
  4. Any of species Nyctanthes arbor-tristis.
    Synonyms: coral jasmine, night jasmine, tree of sadness, night-blooming jasmine, night-flowering jasmine

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