show your charms

show your charms
   (of a prostitute)
   to seek a customer
   She may in public reveal more than chaster women but less than the term might suggest, until terms have been agreed:
    A woman was showing a man her private charms, and inviting him to enjoy them. (Masters, 1976)
   See also charms.

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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