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💃 Related to prostitution 🌃 Prostitution act 🚶 To seek clients 🧑‍🦯 Walking for fun
streetwalking

streetwalking

9.0
Relating to asking people on the street to pay for sex
  • adjective
  • /ˈstriːtˌwɔːkɪŋ/
  • NSFW
translation icon : de prostitución callejera
  • The primary goal was to examine streetwalking women as individuals, first and foremost.

Examples

  • Many streetwalking prostitutes face significant challenges in their daily lives, often working in unsafe conditions.

  • Law enforcement is increasing patrols in areas known for streetwalking activities to help reduce crime.

  • For the majority of streetwalking prostitutes, the movie reel continues; days turn into months and months turn into years. There are few, if any, ways out.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The documentary explores the lives of streetwalking women, highlighting their struggles and the societal issues they face.

Surface Forms

streetwalking positive

Morphology

streetwalking = streetwalk (opaque) = street + walk + ing

The meaning of 'streetwalking' in this context is specialized and not directly derivable from 'street' and 'walk'.

Etymology

Streetwalking combines street ('public road') and walking ('moving on foot'), a phrase once used for people who walked the streets to find customers for prostitution. So as an adjective, streetwalking describes things related to that activity or its dangers.