Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A prostitute, especially one who solicits in the streets.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who walks the streets; a pedestrian.
- noun A common prostitute who walks the streets at night.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone walking in the street; an average citizen.
- noun A
prostitute who looks for customers on the streets and in otherpublic places.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
Etymologies
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Examples
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Maybe it's just me, but if I wanted to ogle vapid, jiggly plasti-tramps sporting the latest in streetwalker fashion I'd go to a strip club.
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The young woman in streetwalker’s clothes and her companion were actually undercover conservative activists with a hidden camera.
MM to NYT: Welcome to the jungle. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Hahaha ... oh man ... well hopefully he has a little more dignity nowadays and can refrain from going back to the "streetwalker"!
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According to historian Ruth Rosen, who pioneered the social history of prostitution in the United States, “The average brothel inmate or streetwalker”—the lowest positions in the trade—“received from one to five dollars a ‘trick,’ earning in one evening what other working women made in a week.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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After all, this is the one time of year it's socially acceptable to wear more makeup than a streetwalker.
Pandora Young: Get Your Halloween Face on (PHOTOS) Pandora Young 2010
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After all, this is the one time of year it's socially acceptable to wear more makeup than a streetwalker.
Pandora Young: Get Your Halloween Face on (PHOTOS) Pandora Young 2010
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SIEGEL: Well, I haven't heard you answer the question about Photoshopped images of the Obamas dressed up as a pimp and a streetwalker.
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After all, this is the one time of year it's socially acceptable to wear more makeup than a streetwalker.
Pandora Young: Get Your Halloween Face on (PHOTOS) Pandora Young 2010
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SIEGEL: Well, I haven't heard you answer the question about Photoshopped images of the Obamas dressed up as a pimp and a streetwalker.
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After all, this is the one time of year it's socially acceptable to wear more makeup than a streetwalker.
Pandora Young: Get Your Halloween Face on (PHOTOS) Pandora Young 2010
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