ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Pross

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈpɹɒs/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Pross is a noun meaning (UK, slang, obsolete) To sponge or scrounge; to take advantage of a person's generosity.

Meaning

(UK, slang, obsolete) To sponge or scrounge; to take advantage of a person's generosity.

More Meanings

  1. (slang) A prostitute.

Example Sentences

He will ask for a bank-note as one asks for a cigarette […] Now and again in the dingy, dreary desert of "prossing" one finds an oasis of humour wherein the weary lender may obtain some solace for his ills.
All the prosses took the piss out of him, as did the England boys and there wasn't a lot that Andy could do or say. Stuart Hill's girl turned up, as she was doing sex for free, she was not popular with the prosses.

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