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hedge-creeper:

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.
See Also: hedge whore, hedge-creeper

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