streetwalker

street·walk·er

(strēt′wô′kər)

A prostitute, especially one who solicits in the streets.

street′walk′ing n.

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streetwalker

(ˈstriːtˌwɔːkə)

a prostitute who solicits on the streets

ˈstreetˌwalking n, adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

street•walk•er

(ˈstritˌwɔ kər)

n.

a prostitute who solicits on the streets.

[1585–95]

street′walk`ing, n.

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Noun

streetwalker - a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets

floozie, floozy, hustler, slattern, street girl, hooker

cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, lady of pleasure, sporting lady, tart, woman of the street, working girl - a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

streetwalker

noun

A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for payment:

bawd, call girl, camp follower, courtesan, harlot, prostitute, scarlet woman, strumpet, tart, whore.

Slang: hooker, moll.

Idioms: lady of easy virtue, lady of pleasure, lady of the night.

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streetwalker

[ˈstriːtˌwɔːkəʳ] N (= prostitute) → mujer f de la vida

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

streetwalker

[ˈstriːtwɔːkə^r] (old-fashioned) n → péripatéticienne f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

streetwalker

[ˈstriːtˌwɔːkəʳ] n → passeggiatrice f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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"Among the wretched women, mostly thieves and streetwalkers, twenty faces were turned, gaping with glee and hate.

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In the famous film 'Pretty Woman', the millionaire character portrayed by Richard Gere orders Julia Roberts' wide-eyed streetwalker some champagne and strawberries, telling her that the fruit brings out the flavours of the wine.

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C<AEe>leste de Chabrillan was a streetwalker, circus dancer, and courtesan before she married French aristocrat Lionel de Chabrillan; after his death, she became a stage writer and belonged to a circle of bohemian artists in 19th-century Paris.

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Unfolding over one Christmas Eve in LA, the focus is on streetwalker Sin-Dee (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez), who learns that her hustler/boyfriend has been cheating during 28 days she spent in prison.

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Unfolding over one Christmas Eve in LA, the focus is streetwalker Sin-Dee (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) who learns her hustler/boyfriend has been cheating on her during the 28 days she spent in prison.

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Unfolding over one Christmas Eve in LA, the focus is on streetwalker Sin-Dee (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) who learns her hustler/boyfriend has been cheating on her during the 28 days she spent in prison.

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As Rooney's substance abuse intensifies, he engages in ever riskier behavior, descending rapidly down the social ladder until a trans streetwalker provides him with something like redemption.

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Shawn transitions from boyfriend to pimp, and Anonymous becomes a streetwalker, turning tricks out of cars.