break luck

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break luck (third-person singular simple present breaks luck, present participle breaking luck, simple past broke luck, past participle broken luck)

  1. (slang) For a prostitute to pick up her first client of the day.
    • 1970, John Terry Robinson, The double circle people, page 9:
      When she re-appeared it would only be a matter of minutes before she "Broke luck" (dated her first john).
    • 2009, Quincy Mack, The Naked Soul of Pimps and Prostitutes, page 150:
      During a slow moment of their shift, where they're having a hard time breaking luck, they make sure that their pimp becomes aware of this […]
    • 2010, Red Jordan Arobateau, Ho Stroll: Part 1, page 189:
      Mary hadn't broke luck tonight.
    • 2011, Iceberg Slim, Pimp: The Story of My Life, page 99:
      Ten minutes after she got down she broke luck. A white trick in a thirty-seven Buick picked her up. I timed her. She had racehorse speed.
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