Too bad for them that the OED cites the usage of the term "hooker" for prostitutes at least as early as 1845.
I can't believe a clergyman believes that this is the best use of time in this day and age.
-—as I mentioned on the other thread, “Crook City”—a wide spot in the road— is a few miles from Whitewood—wonder what the rev thinks about that??
‘Too bad for them that the OED cites the usage of the term “hooker” for prostitutes at least as early as 1845.’
And Gen. Hooker was around at that time, too, no?
Hooker and his followers used to camp in and around federal triangle in DC.
DC hasn’t changed much; federal triangle and vicinity continues to be a heaven for prostitutes.
..and am not referring to the working girls of the evening.
Some Civil War buffs claim that Gen. Hooker’s last name is, indeed, the origin of the slang term for prostitutes.
Too bad for them that the OED cites the usage of the term “hooker” for prostitutes at least as early as 1845.
I can’t believe a clergyman believes that this is the best use of time in this day and age.
While factually correct, ‘Fighting Joe’ Hooker’s preoccupation with the painted ladies was very well known, and made the term into a univerally accepted term for them ever after.
As for the Reverand...spare me from people like this.