noun
General Slang
trick
· noun · sex-work
A paying client, or the act of seeing one.
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A client of a sex worker. 'Turning a trick' is the transaction itself — one booking, one payment, done. Carries a slight edge of disposability; the trick is the job, not the person.
“She turned three tricks before midnight and called it a night.”
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By extension, a mark or sucker — anyone being played for money. Used outside sex work to call someone gullible, especially in hip-hop and street slang.
“Don't be a trick — he's not paying you back.”
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trick In A Sentence
She turned three tricks before midnight and called it a night.
Don't be a trick — he's not paying you back.
Origin & Usage
American English, late 1800s; 'trick' as a single act of prostitution is documented in US slang from the 1920s, originally carrying the sense of a quick deception or stunt.
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