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walke-street

walke-street noun: someone who wanders aimlessly; a flaneur.

Noun

walke-street (plural walke-streets)

  1. (obsolete) Someone who wanders aimlessly; a flaneur.
    • Bateur de pavez. An idle, or continuall walke-ſtreet; a jetter abroad in the ſtreets; one that ſees the towne ſerued when honeſt men are in bed; a laſciuious, or unthrifty, night-walker, generally, any looſe or mad youth, diſſolute or diſorderly yonker.1611, Randle Cotgrave, A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, page BAT-BAT

Forms of walke-street

pluralwalke-streets

Origin of walke-street

From walke (“obsolete spelling of walk”) + street.

Questions about walke-street

What does walke-street mean?
Walke-street means someone who wanders aimlessly; a flaneur.
What part of speech is walke-street?
Walke-street is a noun.
What is the plural of walke-street?
The plural of walke-street is walke-streets.

Words near walke-street in the dictionary

  1. walkboards
  2. Walkden
  3. Walkdens
  4. walkdown
  5. walke
  6. walke-street
  7. walke-streets
  8. walked
  9. walked a straight line
  10. walked all over
  11. walked and chewed gum at the same time

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