1. The manager and protector of one or more prostitutes, one who lives on a percentage of their earnings or collects all or most of their proceeds but pays their expenses.
ETYMOLOGY: From the Old French pimpreneau. pimp, or the Middle French pimper , to allure, to dress smartly.
See pimp [SYN] for synonyms.
QUOTES:
(1) Prostitute-model-actress Bree Daniels (Jane Fonda) to P.I. John Klute (Donald Sutherland) in Klute (1971): ' Pimps don't get dates for you, they just take your money.'
(2) R. Reisner & L.Wechsler. Encyclopedia of Graffiti (1974): ' A pimp is a snatch purser.'
2. To procure prostitutes for clients or vice versa
3. By extension, to be willing to sell anything for a price.