streetwalking prostitute:

Or: streetwalker , a female prostitute who solicits business in public places, usually on the streets . See prostitute for synonyms.

Quotes:

(1) Nan Prescott (Joan Blondell) to Vivian Rich (Claire Dodd) in Footlight Parade (1933): ' As long as they have sidewalks, you've got a job .'

(2) Preston Dillard (Henry Fonda) in Jezebel (1938): ' Great ladies and gallant street-girls have a lot in common .'

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