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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
street-walker

"common prostitute," 1590s, from street (n.) + agent noun from walk (v.).

Usage examples of "street-walker".

There were thieves, cutpurses, sharpsters, game-cheats, procurers, unlicensed street-walkers, and those who preyed upon their fellow humans in every way that had ever been thought of.

Not even the lowest class of Venusian street-walker dared come along the waterfronts of Ednes on the nights when the space-liners were not in.

This sure was a far cry from the way most movies portrayed street-walkers.

There were thieves, cutpurses, sharpsters, game-cheats, procurers, unlicensed street-walkers, and those who preyed upon their fellow humans in every way that had ever been thought of.