ChiTownScion
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Well, they are, aren't they? But hooker is not a euphemism. It's a nickname. Well, maybe it is a sort of euphemism. "Camp follower" was an old term for the same thing, I think.
Use of the term actually predates the Late Unpleasantness (1861-1865) and Maj. Gen. "Fightin' Joe," but my favorite Civil War term for those ladies is "soiled doves."