curb crawler: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

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    USUKCanadaderogatoryinformal
    • A person who drives slowly along streets, especially near curbs, soliciting prostitutes or seeking casual sexual encounters from people on the sidewalk or at the roadside.

    Examples

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    • The police arrested a known curb crawler last night who had been soliciting on the downtown streets.

      La policía arrestó anoche a un conocido cliente de la acera que había estado solicitando en las calles del centro.

    • During the briefing, the officers were warned to watch out for curb crawlers cruising near the red-light district.

      Durante la reunión, se advirtió a los oficiales que vigilaran a los clientes de la acera que circulaban cerca del distrito de luces rojas.

    • Local residents complained about curb crawlers disturbing the neighborhood late at night.

      Los residentes locales se quejaron de los clientes de la acera que perturbaban el vecindario a altas horas de la noche.

    • He denied being a curb crawler, insisting he was just driving slowly because of the heavy traffic.

      Él negó ser un cliente de la acera, insistiendo en que solo conducía despacio debido al tráfico pesado.

Examples:

  • EN: Sure he wasn't just a curb crawler indulging in some bizarre sex fantasy?
    ES: Seguro que no era sólo una prostituta permitiéndose alguna fantasía de sexo bizarro.
  • EN: -But here, the average Spanish curb crawler would be...
    ES: -Pero aquí el putero medio español sería como... -Que aquí el que paga para follar es porque es feo, ¿no?

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