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

streetwalking

9.1
Asking people on the street to pay for sex
  • noun
  • /ˈstritˌwɔkɪŋ/
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translation icon : prostitución callejera
  • Many individuals involved in streetwalking often encounter dangers while soliciting clients at night.
  • women engaged in streetwalking
  • engaged in streetwalking
  • streetwalking prostitution

Examples

  • The description of the lives of these five women provides a starting point for examining the reality of streetwalking prostitution.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Recognizing the unique qualities and characteristics of women engaged in streetwalking will allow for a new dialogue to emerge, with subsequent implications for policy, practice, and social awareness.

    Academic text (2000)

  • You fouI, venereaI-disease-carrying, streetwalking whore.

    The Thing Below (2004)

  • Once five or six soldiers have been on top of them, perhaps they will understand that we don't tolerate streetwalking in Gabon.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The purpose of this investigation was to examine, in depth, points of divergence and patterns of similarity among women engaged in streetwalking prostitution.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Neither of these portrayals, it was assumed, accurately represent the reality of the lives of streetwalking prostitutes or the phenomenon of street-level sex work.

    Academic text (2000)

  • This study was meant to expand previous work by (a) introducing the reader to the personal, unique developmental experiences of women involved in street-level prostitution; in conjunction with (b) describing broad-based themes common to many women engaged in streetwalking.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The documentary highlighted the struggles faced by women who engage in streetwalking to make a living.

  • Local law enforcement has increased patrols in areas known for streetwalking to address safety concerns.

Synonyms

prostitution
vsstreetwalking
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134 5.1

An activity in which someone has sex with another person for money

focuses specifically on soliciting customers by walking streets at night
whoredom
vsstreetwalking
  • NSFW
2 9.9

The practice of having sex for money

refers specifically to seeking clients on streets rather than the general practice

Surface Forms

streetwalking singular
streetwalkings plural

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'), and it was used to name the act of walking the streets to find customers for prostitution. So as a noun, streetwalking means that act of soliciting on the street.