streetwalker
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8.9
- noun
- /ˈstriːtˌwɔːkər/
- NSFW
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prostituta
- Those girls over there, something tells me they're streetwalkers.
- prostitution with streetwalkers
- became a streetwalker
Examples
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Another streetwalker.
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The girl looked like a broken-down streetwalker.
Blog text (19) -
When I met you, you were a streetwalker.
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You look like a cheap European streetwalker.
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The area was a swamp of drug dealers and streetwalkers.
Fiction book (1992) -
Though they have grown up in vastly different social circles, as streetwalkers, they have a sure-fire bond.
Academic text (1997) -
Nonregistered prostitutes, called dandestinas, typically are streetwalkers who are not affiliated with a specific bar and are not permitted in a zone.
Academic text (1991) -
Walking to my hotel, the Golden Temple, I passed through the night world, a world of whispered suggestions from men in the dusky shadows, of strident streetwalkers waving at cars on Sivatha.
Academic text (2007) -
By the time we arrived that night, people were mostly gone, though some streetwalkers were still working.
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Police CCTV operators have alerted the team that a streetwalker has climbed into a man's car.
Synonyms
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4.2
A person who has sex with other people for money
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9.0
A person who sells sex for money, often on the street
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9.3
A person who offers sex for money on the street
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8.6
A woman who sells sex for money
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8.9
A woman who offers sex for money by standing in the street
A woman who has sex for money or who lives on the streets
Compounds
How Public
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Streetwalker is made from street and walker, literally someone who 'walks the street' to find people. So it now means a prostitute who looks for customers by walking in public places.