‖ joro
(ˈdʒoːro)
[Jap. jorō, jōro. a prostitute.]
In Japan: a prostitute.
| 1884 [see hinin]. 1891 A. M. Bacon Jap. Girls & Women x. 289 Below the géisha in respectability stands the jōrō, or licensed prostitute. 1899 J. London Let. 22 Feb. (1966) 17 My last posed foto was taken in sailor costume with a Joro girl in Yokohama. 1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 109 The Americans..did not want geisha girls. They wanted a joro, a common whore. |