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street-walker

street-walk·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [street waw-ker]
    • /strit ˈwɔ kər/
    • /striːt ˈwɔː.kər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [street waw-ker]
    • /strit ˈwɔ kər/

Definition of street-walker word

  • noun street-walker a prostitute who solicits on the streets. 1
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Origin of street-walker

First appearance:

before 1585
One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1585-95; street + walker

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Parts of speech for Street-walker

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Street-walker

street-walker popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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