Ginger:

In the UK and Australia:

1. Or: ginger-girl , obsolete name for a prostitute who robs, cheats or cons her customers or, more rarely, one who robs her pimp . To work-a-ginger , to rob a client . See prostitute for synonyms.

2. Or: ginger-beer , British / Cockney rhyming slang based on a rhyme with queer , a male homosexual .

See Also: bit of fluff, Ginger, ginger girl, work a ginger

Quotes Containing Ginger:
Jerry Travers (Fred Astaire) driving Dale Tremont''s (Ginger Rogers) hansom cab in Top Hat (1935): ''In dealing with a girl or horse, one lets nature take-its course.''
Jerry Travers (Fred Astaire) about Dale Tremont (Ginger Rogers) in Top Hat (1935): ''If I''d forgotten myself with that girl , I''d remember it .''
Mary Gray (Ginger Rogers) in Fifth Avenue Girl (1939): ''I guess rich people are only poor people with money .''
Marc (James Craig) commenting on Kitty''s (Ginger Rogers) roommate in Kitty Foyle (1940): ''I''ve seen better specimens in a glass jar.''
Marc (James Craig) commenting on Kitty''s (Ginger Rogers) roommate in Kitty Foyle (1940): ''I''ve seen better specimens in a glass jar.''
Wyn Strafford (Dennis Morgan) to Kitty (Ginger Rogers) in Kitty Foyle (1940): ''Darling, you look like the wrapping around the neck of a champagne bottle .''
Bake(r) (Fred Astaire) and Sherry (Ginger Rogers) in Follow the Fleet (1936): - Baker: ''It''s swell being with you again. Friends?'' - Sherry: ''Friends.'' - Baker: ''Let''s kiss-and-make-up .'' - Sherry: ''No, let''s just make-up . That will give you something to work for.''
Jean Newton (Ginger Rogers) and David Grant (Ronald Colman) in Lucky Partners (1940): - Jean: 'You don't believe in marriage?' - David: 'That institution, like the Coliseum in Rome, is still standing , but it certainly shows the ravages of time, doesn't it?'
Andy Lee (George E. Stone) speaking of Ann Lowell (Ginger Rogers) in 42nd Street (1933): 'Not 'Anytime Annie'?! (...) She only said 'no' once and then she couldn't hear the question.'
''You peroxyde kissing bug ... I''ll pull that blond hair by its black roots. Put ''em up!'' Edwina Fulton (Ginger Rogers) to Lois Laurel (Marilyn Monroe) in Monkey Business (1952).
''Do you know that she makes forty-five dollars a week and sends her mother a hundred of it .'' Ann Lowell/Anytime Annie (Ginger Rogers) maligning a co-dancer in 42nd Street (1933).
''Not ''Anytime Annie''?! (...) She only said ''no'' once and then she couldn''t hear the question.'' Andy Lee (George E. Stone) speaking of Ann Lowell (Ginger Rogers) in 42nd Street (1933).
''You peroxyde kissing bug ... I''ll pull that blond hair by its black roots. Put ''em up!'' Edwina Fulton (Ginger Rogers) to Lois Laurel (Marilyn Monroe) in Monkey Business (1952).
''Not ''Anytime Annie''?! (...) She only said ''no'' once and then she couldn''t hear the question.'' Andy Lee (George E. Stone) speaking of Ann Lowell (Ginger Rogers) in 42nd Street (1933).
''Do you know that she makes forty-five dollars a week and sends her mother a hundred of it .'' Ann Lowell/Anytime Annie (Ginger Rogers) maligning a co-dancer in 42nd Street (1933).
Jerry Travers (Fred Astaire) and Dale Tremont (Ginger Rogers) in Top Hat (1935): - Jerry:'May I rescue you?' - Dale:'No, thank you. I prefer being in distress.'
Buddy Young, Jr. (Billy Crystal) and a waiter in Mr. Saturday Night (1992): - Buddy: ''Sidney, who do you have to screw to get a vodka in here?'' - Waiter: '' Me.'' - Buddy: ''Make it a Ginger Ale.''
Buddy Young, Jr. (Billy Crystal) and a waiter in Mr. Saturday Night (1992): - Buddy: ''Sidney, who do you have to screw to get a vodka in here?'' - Waiter: '' Me.'' - Buddy: ''Make it a Ginger Ale.''
Fred Amiel (Barry Sullivan) speaking of Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952): ''Jonathan is more than a man , he''s an experience; and he''s habit-forming. If they could ever bottle him, he''d outsell ginger ale.''
Fred Amiel (Barry Sullivan) speaking of Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952): ''Jonathan is more than a man , he''s an experience; and he''s habit-forming. If they could ever bottle him, he''d outsell ginger ale.''

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