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street people

plural noun
  1. persons whose home is in the streets of a city; the homeless.
  2. people who make their living in the streets, especially of large cities, as vendors or performers.
  3. the people of a neighborhood, especially a crowded big-city neighborhood or ghetto, who frequent the streets of their area.

Origin of street people

First recorded in 1965–70
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Related Words for street people

beggar, bum, derelict, down-and-out, drifter, hobo, tramp, vagabond, vagrant, wino

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