streetwalker

[ street-waw-ker ]

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noun

a prostitute who solicits on the streets.

Origin of streetwalker

First recorded in 1585–95; street + walker

Other words from streetwalker

streetwalking, noun

Words Nearby streetwalker

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How to use streetwalker in a sentence

Even the neat little clockmaker was said to have carried on with his own daughter, a streetwalker.
L'Assommoir | Emile Zola
You're the first man ever came to the house who didn't look at me as if I was a streetwalker.
Wide Courses | James Brendan Connolly
He hated her for being a streetwalker and for being taller than he, and began to swear at her.
The Judge | Rebecca West
I saw you go into the Grand-Balcon with that streetwalker Adèle.
L'Assommoir | Emile Zola

British Dictionary definitions for streetwalker

streetwalker

/ (ˈstriːtˌwɔːkə) /

noun

a prostitute who solicits on the streets

Derived forms of streetwalker

streetwalking, noun, adjective

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