whorehound
English
Etymology
From whore + hound.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɔːhaʊnd/
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Noun
whorehound (plural whorehounds)
- (US, vulgar, slang) Someone who often has sex with prostitutes.
- 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society 2008, p. 122:
- ‘Don't worry about me. I don't drink and I don't run around. I'm no boozer and whorehound. I know what's good for me.’
- 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society 2008, p. 122: