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euphemism
 n.— «Though the bill bans dancing, it doesn’t stop women from waiting at bars. But the waitresses will then become euphemisms for sex workers.» —“Dressed up with no place to dance” by Chandrima S. Bhattacharya Telegraph (Calcutta, India) Aug. 14, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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