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Definition of Streetwalker
1. Noun. A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets.
Generic synonyms: Bawd, Cocotte, Cyprian, Fancy Woman, Harlot, Lady Of Pleasure, Prostitute, Sporting Lady, Tart, Whore, Woman Of The Street, Working Girl
Derivative terms: Hustle, Slatternly, Streetwalk
Definition of Streetwalker
1. n. A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers.
Definition of Streetwalker
1. Noun. (rare) Someone walking in the street; an average citizen. ¹
2. Noun. A prostitute who looks for customers on the streets and in other public places. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Streetwalker
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Streetwalker
Literary usage of Streetwalker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"... with no visible or known means of a fair, honorable, and reputable livelihood,
was a streetwalker, who loitered around saloons and did no work. ..."
2. The Urban Condition: Space, Community, and Self in the Contemporary Metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"As streetwalker, Vivian/Roberts had been the object of the looks both of the
camera and of Edward as he drove up Sunset Boulevard. ..."
3. Europe After 8: 15 by Henry Louis Mencken, George Jean Nathan, Willard Huntington Wright (1914)
"A streetwalker. Another. Another. In the subway entrance across the street, a
blind man is selling papers. A " dip " calls a friendly " Hello, ..."
4. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. by James Boswell, Arnold Glover (1901)
"Mr. Levet has married a streetwalker. But the gazette of my narration must now
arrive to tell you, that Bathurst went physician to the army, and died at the ..."
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