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the streetwalkers and adult movie theaters that once populated the tenderloin have been replaced by upscale shoppers and expensive restaurants and boutiques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
Nickel-and-dime-bag bodegas and juice shops right up until the internet and cell phones abruptly made those as passé as streetwalkers.
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Harry Siegel,
New York Daily News,
11 May 2024
Blade-brandishing streetwalker Sweet Thing (Brittney Mack), strutting in a fur coat.
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Jim Higgins,
Journal Sentinel,
22 Apr. 2024
Interestingly enough, the convoluted background story almost helps make sense of the thing, because Pretty Woman was originally written as a dark, gritty tale about a streetwalker's life.
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Debby Wolfinsohn,
EW.com,
4 Jan. 2023
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
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Harry Siegel,
New York Daily News,
11 May 2024
Blade-brandishing streetwalker Sweet Thing (Brittney Mack), strutting in a fur coat.
—
Jim Higgins,
Journal Sentinel,
22 Apr. 2024
Interestingly enough, the convoluted background story almost helps make sense of the thing, because Pretty Woman was originally written as a dark, gritty tale about a streetwalker's life.
—
Debby Wolfinsohn,
EW.com,
4 Jan. 2023
Also, Angel is a streetwalker who develops feelings for a new client, Stan, who has a loving wife, Patty.
—
Toby Grey,
BGR,
16 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for streetwalker
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The slur, which literally means male prostitute in Spanish, could be heard at the Azteca stadium toward the end of the first half when Czech goalkeeper Matej Kovar took a goal kick.
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Pol learns the ropes alongside fellow stripper Noel (Daniel Fernando) and savvy prostitute Bambi (Jaclyn Jose), discovering an underbelly of protection rackets, human trafficking and rampant political corruption.
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This kind of inclusivity would explain Glenn Close‘s appearance — as a visiting literary scholar — at just the right moment, as well as Penélope Cruz’s showstopping cameo as Nené, a singer-slash-hooker who schools Sebastián on the then-nascent form of the modern transgender movement.
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Bemis, sold by her family in China and sent to America, worked as a domestic, not as a hooker.
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“Streetwalker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/streetwalker. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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