streetwise
adjective
street wisdom
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a word derived from
streetwise.
Example Sentences
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Fowler had a natural gift and street wisdom for the game shared by another Scouse teenage prodigy, Wayne Rooney.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2023
“While street wisdom is that Evergrande is not a ‘Lehman risk’, it is by no stretch of the imagination any meaningful comfort,” analysts at Mizuho wrote in a client note.
From Reuters ● Sep. 21, 2021
Analyzing viral sensations and cultural infections, they were like Statler and Waldorf in snap-back ball caps, or a version of Beavis and Butt-head elevated by eloquence and grounded in Bronx-born street wisdom.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 22, 2019
As a composer, Mr. Toussaint packed that avuncular warmth and street wisdom into tight moral dramas and testimonies of love.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2017
He sounded like an actor as he dispensed street wisdom.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2017
