as in sex worker
a woman who engages in sexual activities for money
the streetwalkers and adult movie theaters that once populated the tenderloin have been replaced by upscale shoppers and expensive restaurants and boutiques
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Recent Examples of streetwalker
Also, Angel is a streetwalker who develops feelings for a new client, Stan, who has a loving wife, Patty.
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Toby Grey, BGR, 16 Sep. 2022
Roberts’ charm, vulnerability and beauty made the Cinderella story of a New York billionaire falling instantly in love with a Hollywood streetwalker seem somehow plausible on film.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2022
A week later, on Oct. 21, another streetwalker, Matilda Clover, was found in her room screaming in pain and wracked by seizures.
—Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2021
The story begins with boys throwing rocks at one another and leering when one draws blood; its hallucinatory climax takes the title character on a streetwalker’s trip through Manhattan, with the face of one potential customer after another swimming up before her.
—Michael Gorra, The New York Review of Books, 8 Apr. 2021
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Toby Grey, BGR, 16 Sep. 2022
Roberts’ charm, vulnerability and beauty made the Cinderella story of a New York billionaire falling instantly in love with a Hollywood streetwalker seem somehow plausible on film.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 2022
A week later, on Oct. 21, another streetwalker, Matilda Clover, was found in her room screaming in pain and wracked by seizures.
—Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2021
The story begins with boys throwing rocks at one another and leering when one draws blood; its hallucinatory climax takes the title character on a streetwalker’s trip through Manhattan, with the face of one potential customer after another swimming up before her.
—Michael Gorra, The New York Review of Books, 8 Apr. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for streetwalker
Noun
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The only things shaky about Relish are the junkies, prostitutes, suicidal depressives, and sinners who populate Osborne's songs.—
EW Staff Published,
EW.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Serial killer Lorenzo Jerome Gilyard was convicted in 2007 for killing six women in Kansas City but is believed to have raped and strangled two girls and 11 women, most of whom had worked as prostitutes, from 1977 to 1993.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
7 Aug. 2025
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Three other Scottish squad reinforcements -- lock Gregor Brown, hooker Ewan Ashman and prop Rory Sutherland -- were named on the bench.—
Nick Mulvenney,
Reuters,
21 July 2025
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Strip clubs, booze, hookers, blow, the whole nine yards.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Streetwalker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/streetwalker. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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