noun
General Slang
kerb crawler
· noun · sex-work
A driver trawling the streets for a sex worker from behind the wheel.
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A client who cruises red-light streets in a car at walking pace, sizing up workers through the passenger window before pulling over to negotiate. Mostly British usage; the activity itself, 'kerb crawling', is a specific criminal offence in UK law.
“The council put in those concrete planters specifically to stop kerb crawlers doing loops round the block.”
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kerb crawler In A Sentence
The council put in those concrete planters specifically to stop kerb crawlers doing loops round the block.
Origin & Usage
British English, mid-1970s. The offence was formalised in the UK Sexual Offences Act 1985, which made soliciting from a vehicle in a street or public place a crime.
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