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Streetwalker

A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers.

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Bawd 76% connected

A person who keeps a house of prostitution, or procures women for a lewd purpose; a procurer or procuress; a lewd person; -- usually applied to a wom…

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Cyprian 76% connected

Belonging to Cyprus.

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Harlot 76% connected

A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth.

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Prostitute 76% connected

To offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to lewdness for hire.

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Tart 76% connected

Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; as, a tart apple.

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Whore 76% connected

A woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men, especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot.

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Hooker 92% connected

One who, or that which, hooks.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slattern 92% connected

A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Accustomed adjective · 78% connection

Frequented by customers.

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Ambulator noun · 78% connection

One who walks about; a walker.

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Bar noun · 78% connection

A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liq…

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Barmaid noun · 78% connection

A girl or woman who attends the customers of a bar, as in a tavern or beershop.

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Cathedral adjective · 78% connection

Resembling the aisles of a cathedral; as, cathedral walks.

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Custom verb · 78% connection

To supply with customers.

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Customer noun · 78% connection

A person with whom a business house has dealings; as, the customers of a bank.

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Digitigrade noun · 78% connection

An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf, etc.; -- distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the palm of the fo…

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Drum verb · 78% connection

To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for.

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Esplanade noun · 78% connection

Any clear, level space used for public walks or drives; esp., a terrace by the seaside.

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Find verb · 78% connection

To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means.

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Floorwalker noun · 78% connection

One who walks about in a large retail store as an overseer and director.

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Gristmill noun · 78% connection

A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custom mill.

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Hack verb · 78% connection

To be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.

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Jobber noun · 78% connection

someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers

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Leader noun · 78% connection

a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers

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Lyceum noun · 78% connection

A place of exercise with covered walks, in the suburbs of Athens, where Aristotle taught philosophy.

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Make verb · 78% connection

To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weig…

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