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streetwalking

streetwalking noun: the trade of a streetwalker; prostitution that is not tied to a particular brothel or establishment.

Noun

streetwalking (uncountable)

  1. The trade of a streetwalker; prostitution that is not tied to a particular brothel or establishment.
    • Now, you know that the classical analytical explanation of agoraphobia of the early 1900s was that it represented a street phobia because the patient equated streetwalking with prostitutional activity[…]1981, Donald F. Klein, Judith G. Rabkin, Anxiety: new research and changing concepts

Origin of streetwalking

From street + walking.

Questions about streetwalking

What does streetwalking mean?
Streetwalking means the trade of a streetwalker; prostitution that is not tied to a particular brothel or establishment.
What part of speech is streetwalking?
Streetwalking is a noun.

Words near streetwalking in the dictionary

  1. Streetsville
  2. Streett
  3. Streetts
  4. streetwalker
  5. streetwalkers
  6. streetwalking
  7. streetwall
  8. streetwalls
  9. streetward
  10. streetwards
  11. streetway

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