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The world's oldes profession is a euphemism for prostitution.

The term "world's oldest profession" to describe prostitution in the English language dates from 1888, although there is no agreement on whether English was the first language in which the term was coined. Some local terms have slight variants while others are strict translations with varying degrees of usage.




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