10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TURN A TRICK»
Discover the use of
turn a trick in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
turn a trick and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions
Turn a trick A prostitute who 'turns a trick' has a session with a customer.** Turn
an honest penny Earn money in a morally respectable way* Turn cat in pan
Become a traitor.* Turn down Refuse to do something. The phrase is often used
to ...
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2004
2
The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures ...
Note: First shown on television 22 Sep 1964 as a 60-min "pilot" episode of NBCs
"Man From U.N.C.L.E." series as The Vulcan Affair, c22 Sep 1964; LP33331. TO
TURN A TRICK F6.5100 Dist Sam Lake Enterprises. Dec 1967. Sd; b&w. 35mm.
3
Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... see TABLE. turn something to advantage: see ADVANTAGE. turn to ashes: see
ASH. turn someone's stomach: see STOMACH. tu rn tail turn round and run away.
informal turn a trick: see TRICK. turn turtle: see TURTLE. turn up the heat: see ...
4
Manchild in the Promised Land
I got to go down there and turn a trick. I'll give you ten dollars, or I'll give you
twenty dollars if you need some money. I'll turn a few tricks for you tonight." I
wanted to hit her when she said that, because it meant she thought of me as
somebody ...
5
The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
11. 1974 7 a swindle UK, ises Far less common in this sense, but not unheard. •
Since work was out. so also was the grift. He wouldn't dare turn a trick. — Jim
Thompson, The Grifters, p. 124. 1963 8 on the railways, a work shift us • —
Norman ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
6
A Roaring Girl: An Interview with the Thinking Man's Hooker
Remember: girls must be available for line up. The only acceptable excuses for
failing to do so are: 1.) scheduled mealtimes 2.) bathroom breaks 3.) scheduled
sleeptimes 4.) too ill to turn a trick 5.) already turning a trick. Unfortunately, Rena
...
7
Spitfire!: The Experiences of
a Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot
I rolled over on my back and out into a reverse turn, a trick I had learnt back at
F.T.S. This manoeuvre temporarily got me away from the Huns and I dived hell for
leather towards the sea, flattening out as near the water as I could and then ...
Brian Lane, Dilip Sarkar, 2009
8
On Wings of
a Butterfly
Physically, I never saw, with my own eyes, my mother turn a trick. I knew what she
was doing because she told me in so many words because Mom was always
open and very honest with us. When I refer to us, it means her children that were
in ...
9
The Confessions of
a Reformer
My vision of a free world was clouding. Self-determination for peoples began to
ring like an empty phrase. Still I believed that President Wilson had guaranties
that would permit him to turn a trick at 294 THE CONFESSIONS OF A
REFORMER.
Frederic Clemson Howe, 1925
10
Little Men on the Radio
So twice, out of the ten chances I had to turn a trick, I made some money. Turns
out the ten different sexual offers were set up by my Uncle Sonny's crew to ruin
my life, as they pressed the PLAY button on the tape recorder. It is not like I sat on
...
Sophia E. Schessler, 2009
