And try looking the definition. The first noun definition is the vagrant/hobo one, not, "woman of loose morals." Springsteen was talking about the former.
Jeez, so you’re as humorless as your attackers, you say?
If you read the daily newspapers or listen to radiophonic news, you’ll know that the nation is experiencing a serious shortage of humour, not seen since the witches were burned in... wherever, for which you cannot blame Bush as it predates him. I blame television with its laugh tracks and the placards displayed to the audiences during the tapings of TV talk shows which say ‘LAUGH’.
Sheesh!