To tack, cruise about.
To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
A corset.
To trudge over or through.
To walk or move slowly and heavily or laboriously (+ on, through, over).
To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
A slow or labored walk or other motion or activity.
the police, police officers
a police officer, especially a low-ranking one.