| 单词 | to work the streets |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto work the streets c. transitive. Originally U.S. To operate as a prostitute in (a place or area). Esp. in to work the streets: (of a prostitute) to work on the streets, rather than in a brothel, etc.; (hence simply) to be a prostitute. ΚΠ 1939 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 44 547 She may work in a ‘call house’... Or, in a city where the racket is unorganized, she may ‘work the streets’. 1945 Moorhead (Minnesota) Daily News 29 Sept. 1/1 Typical is an 18-year-old blonde known as ‘China Doll’. She has been working the bars since she was 13 to support herself and her mother. 1974 D. Goines Daddy Cool x. 143 Every time she hit the streets, one or the other of the officers would be harassing her... She wouldn't be able to work the streets here any longer. 1995 Daily Mail (Nexis) 3 July 32 A blond rent-boy who worked the red-light area of Kings Cross. 2004 Hope July 21/1 She hadn't spent time in juvenile hall, been homeless, worked the streets, or sold drugs. < as lemmas |
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