Dear Helen,

Funny stuff you've written up there!

Here's what I found on floozie:

[bold]streetwalker, street girl, hooker, hustler, floozy, floozie, slattern -- (a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets)
prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, trollop, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street [/bold]

...now on to strumpets....

DubDub

PS: Just this on strumpets: SYLLABICATION: strum·pet
PRONUNCIATION: strmpt
NOUN: A woman prostitute.

Now...what were comparable men called who were paid for their services in the British Isles? How 'bout trumpets?