woman of the streets

or woman of the street

noun

1. a prostitute; streetwalker.

Word History and Origins

Origin of woman of the streets¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

“I always honour something that commander Chávez told us: that while we were in these posts we must be clothed in humility and understand that we are here to protect the man and woman of the streets.”

From The Guardian

“It’s amazing to be able to be a part of a film showing that everyone is worth saving, everyone is worth investing in, and Christ made the ultimate sacrifice for us all, no matter if we are man or woman, no matter if you are addicted to drugs or you are clean, no matter if you are a woman of the streets or a woman who got to go to the Oscars,” Freeman said.

From Washington Times

There was madness in the thought that he was the dupe of a common woman of the streets.

From Project Gutenberg

Now he would send him off with a woman of the streets.

From Project Gutenberg

It was told of him that he restricted himself to a diet of dry bread and coffee for a month in order that a poor woman of the streets, dying of consumption, might enjoy luxuries in hospital.

From Project Gutenberg