Green’s Dictionary of Slang

of a woman, to work as a prostitute without informing her pimp or without a pimp at all.

1928		cited without text in G. Simes DLSS (2018) ms.
2003		S. Bowers ‘Several Mornings After’ at SharonBowers.com 🌐 We had a couple of uniforms canvas the corner where most of Dreego’s girls work. Seems like the word was Roselle was doing a little freelancing and not telling him.