nightwalker

nightwalker
n
1. noctambulist, noctambule, sleepwalker, somnambulist, somnambulator.
2. thief, burglar, housebreaker, robber; Inf. second-story man, cat burglar, sneak thief, prowler; Sl. cracksman, safecracker, picklock, Raffles.
3. prostitute, whore, harlot, lady of the evening; woman of the profession, woman of ill-repute, woman of the streets, streetwalker, bar girl, call girl, Cyprian; hussy, slut, demimondaine, loose woman, wanton, tramp; Sl. chippy, Fr. fille de joie. trollop, strumpet; All Sl. cat, tart, hustler, bim, bimbo, hooker, floozie, working girl.

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