streetwalking

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noun

The trade of a streetwalker; prostitution that is not tied to a particular brothel or establishment.

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Meanings

nounstreetwalking (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe 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

From street + walking.

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APA

streetwalking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/streetwalking

MLA

“streetwalking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/streetwalking. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “streetwalking,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/streetwalking.

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