Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skin trade

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.70 in modern English

Syllables
skin -trade
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The sex industry

Colloquial; Uncountable

noun

The fur business, i.e. trading animal skins.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

the skin trade (canonical)

Questions

What does skin trade mean?
The sex industry

How to pronounce skin trade

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