oldest profession
Noun
Meaning
oldest profession (uncountable)
Alternative form of world's oldest profession
Synonyms
Examples
Prostitution is said to be the world's oldest profession. It is, indeed, a model of all professional work: the worker relinquishes control over himself ... in exchange for money. Because of the passivity it entails, this is a difficult and, for many, a distasteful role.
Other job markets may lay claim to the title, but astronomy is actually the world's oldest profession.
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
Prostitution is said to be the world's oldest profession.
In the Red Light District of Amsterdam you’ll find the oldest Dutch buildings, the oldest streets and the oldest profession in the world.
In this first book in the series, Senator Robert Marcum, Seattle’s presidential hopeful, retains Shad to locate his long, lost daughter who has slipped into the oldest profession and beyond.