nightwalking en · NOUN
Etymology
From night + walking.
Meanings
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(archaic, euphemistic, uncountable) The activity of a prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
Lee Lynn Pierce, an ex-prostitute active in the Prostitutes' Union of Massachusetts (PUMA), discussed the night walking law, which states that any woman walking at night unaccompanied by a man can be considered to be soliciting for sex and can be arrested and charged with prostitution.
1979 August 11, Kathy MacDonald, “King 'On Trial' for Rape in Women's Street Court”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 1:
- (uncountable) Synonym of sleepwalking.