hesh girl, noun phrase

Forms:
Also hash girl.
Origin:
IsiZuluShow more Probably from isiZulu héshe of swooping onto, or heshe hawk.
slang
In urban (especially township) English: a prostitute who works in the lowest type of drinking establishment.
1973 P. Becker in The 1820 Vol.46 No.7, 32The lowest class shebeens, known in some townships as Small Time Joints, are patronized by..tsotsi gangs, fugitives from the law and the notorious ‘hesh girls’, or degenerate booze-soaked prostitutes who prey on youthful thugs and adult drunks.
1977 P.C. Venter Soweto 124Cheap shebeens, those Small Time Joints..where the so-called hash girls promise sex and plunder your wallet without delivering.
1983 Pace Dec. 152The ‘small time joints’, patronised by...tsotsi gangs..and ‘hesh girls’.
a prostitute who works in the lowest type of drinking establishment.
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