# How did "Dry Bob" prostitution work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-dry-bob-prostitution-work/647464 "2013-01-17T03:55:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-dry-bob-prostitution-work/647464/1 "2013-01-17T03:55:05Z")
I read somewhere, I forgot exactly where, that in the old days prostitutes would offer a “[Dry Bob](http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-VulgarTongue/d/dry-bob.html)” for a cheaper price than the usual copulation. Presumably because of avoidance of disease or at least pregnancy? The source didn’t give anymore information other than to mention the “dry bob” existed and was cheaper. Is there any other information of this? Was the buyer/trick/john finished in another way, or did he just leave? Or is this whole “dry bob” with a prostitute a myth? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-dry-bob-prostitution-work/647464/2 "2013-01-17T04:07:47Z")
London prostitutes in the Ripper days usually took a John standing up, and supposedly few of them noticed or cared that they were between her thighs and not in the glory hole. Says something for both the men’s skill and the pro’s… ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-dry-bob-prostitution-work/647464/3 "2013-01-17T16:52:33Z")
Sounds like a really unpleasant BJ. I’d be willing to pay substantially less for that. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-dry-bob-prostitution-work/647464/4 "2013-01-17T16:55:01Z")
If her ladyship is plumpish and lubricated between the thighs, it could/can be quite satisfying. I’ve done it that way a few times, sometimes by choice and sometimes because she was up to sex but not completely in commission. It occurs to me that in the Victorian era, the gal might have been lubricated by the last guy. Eee-yuck. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-dry-bob-prostitution-work/647464/5 "2013-01-17T17:26:48Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > London prostitutes in the Ripper days usually took a John standing up, and supposedly few of them noticed or cared that they were between her thighs and not in the glory hole. Says something for both the men’s skill and the pro’s… The technical term is “diamerizein” (from the Greek). ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-dry-bob-prostitution-work/647464/6 "2013-01-17T18:03:42Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > It occurs to me that in the Victorian era, the gal might have been lubricated by the last guy. Eee-yuck. know as a “glazed bun.” ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-dry-bob-prostitution-work/647464/7 "2013-01-17T18:15:28Z")
Or sloppy seconds. ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-dry-bob-prostitution-work/647464/8 "2013-01-18T02:05:35Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > know as a “glazed bun.” I just threw up in my mouth a little. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-dry-bob-prostitution-work/647464/9 "2013-01-18T02:38:29Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > The technical term is “diamerizein” (from the Greek). I swear I thought this was some kind of joke untill I Googled it 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-dry-bob-prostitution-work/647464/10 "2013-01-18T03:50:36Z")
Goddamn. Never, _never_ name your kid Robert. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-dry-bob-prostitution-work/647464/11 "2013-01-18T18:36:25Z")
…I would have assumed a condom of some sort. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-dry-bob-prostitution-work/647464/12 "2013-01-18T19:44:42Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > The technical term is “diamerizein” (from the Greek). Sigh. It would be. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-dry-bob-prostitution-work/647464/13 "2013-01-18T20:04:54Z")
I knew there was a technical term for it, but actually “intercrural intercourse” was probably the phrase I was thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-dry-bob-prostitution-work/647464/14 "2013-01-18T20:55:37Z")
> [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](#): > > I read somewhere, I forgot exactly where, that in the old days prostitutes would offer a “[Dry Bob](http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Grose-VulgarTongue/d/dry-bob.html)” for a cheaper price than the usual copulation. For the more expensive service she removes the scabs. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-dry-bob-prostitution-work/647464/15 "2013-01-18T21:00:34Z")
The cite says it is copulation without emission(ejaculation?) which is a bit different, more like withdrawal sex. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-dry-bob-prostitution-work/647464/16 "2013-01-18T21:00:49Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I knew there was a technical term for it, but actually “intercrural intercourse” was probably the phrase I was thinking of. The gals best at it were known as thigh masters. You don’t want to know about the butt masters. Really. You don’t. They started at about 350 pounds, and… ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-dry-bob-prostitution-work/647464/17 "2013-01-20T13:08:54Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > They started at about 350 pounds, and… That’s REALLY expensive for a street hooker. ---
**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-dry-bob-prostitution-work/647464/18 "2013-01-20T13:49:12Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > For the more expensive service she removes the scabs. [shakes fist in the air] Damn you, just lost a cup of very good coffee laughing at that mental image!