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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

kerb crawling

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CALD defines 'kerb crawling' as follows:

the activity of driving slowly along a road close to the path at the side in order to ask prostitutes for sex
  

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Hi Kerb crawling is reserved for the would-be punter driving along, it isn't applied the prostitute. Prostitutes don't drive around in cars asking random people if they want ***.

— Nona the brit

  • Hi Kerb crawling is reserved for the would-be punter driving along, it isn't applied the prostitute.
  • Prostitutes don't drive around in cars asking random people if they want ***.
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Hi

Kerb crawling is reserved for the would-be punter driving along, it isn't applied the prostitute. Prostitutes don't drive around in cars asking random people if they want ***.
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Nona The BritKerb crawling is reserved for the would-be punter driving along, it isn't applied the prostitute. Prostitutes don't drive around in cars asking random people if they want ***.
BTW
punter Noun. Generally a customer of any business. {Informal}
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I'm sorry to say that I have no knowledge of what an American equivalent would be.
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Hi,

In Canada, we use the same expression. However, we use the AmE spelling of 'curb'.

Best wishes, Clive
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