prostitute's pupil

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An Argyll Robertson pupil, a characteristic sign in syphilitic eye disease. slang

词形变化

prostitute's pupils plural

词源

From the notional similarity in behaviour: both (the pupil and prostitute) accommodate but do not react. In the case of the pupil, it is reacting to light; and in the case of the latter, it is to the client.
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