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Night walkers, vagrants, pilferers, disturbers of the peace. They may be arrested by the police, and committed to custody till the morning, 2 Hale, P.C. 90. Also a name for a common prostitute: see s. 54 (11) of the (English) Metropolitan Police Act, 1839 (2 & 3 Vict. c. 47); Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Police (Metropolis).'