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Streetwise

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Adjective

1. street smart, streetwise, with-it

having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Streetwise

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adjective
attuned to and adept at surviving in an urban, poor and often criminal environment
. Also: street-smart, street smart

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Streetwise

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adjective
Informal
knowledgeable or shrewd as a result of practical experience gained from living or working in poor urban areas, esp. those where vice and crime are prevalent

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Streetwise

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adj.
Having the shrewd awareness, experience, and resourcefulness needed for survival in a difficult, often dangerous urban environment.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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