nightwalking

From night +‎ walking.

nightwalking (uncountable)

1. (archaic, euphemistic) The activity of a prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.
   • 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:

     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.

• nightwalker