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hedge-creeper
Definition
Or: hedge whore , a common or cheap prostitute, one who would lay on her back in the open air. Defined by Captain Francis Grose in his Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811): ' An itinerant harlot, who bilks the bagnios and bawdy-houses, by disposing of her favours on the wayside, under a hedge; a low beggarly prostitute.' See prostitute for synonyms.
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