woman in the street
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of woman in the street
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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Despite all that, speak to the man or woman in the street, a taxi driver or the staff in a restaurant and there is not the gushing confidence you might expect.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2023
From the bus, I see two men and one woman in the street.
From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2023
“We have had individuals come back on the force who a reasonable man or woman in the street would say, ‘I don’t want that person carrying a gun on my behalf,’ ” said Ms. Patterson.
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022
“The average man and woman in the street probably doesn’t care a lot about it,” said Charles Bullock, a political science professor at the University of Georgia.
From Slate • May 23, 2022
The ordinary man and woman in the street had not room in their brains for such a tremendous idea as this—fact or no fact.
From The World Peril of 1910 by Griffith, George Chetwynd
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