sister

sister
   1. a prostitute
   Pimps in the Far East claim this kinship:
    ... pimps accosting you... with promises of their sister. (Fraser, 1977)
   The dusky lad who invites strangers to copulate with his sister, very white, very clean, makes three assertions in which little confidence should be placed. Occasionally in the west as sister of charity or sister of mercy, both being of the same tendency as nun (see nunnery).
   2. American
   a black woman
   Normally of African ancestry:
    The sister can tell you things about Jack Stanton. (Anonymous, 1996)

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