streetwise
Adjective
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Adjective
streetwise
- Having the necessary knack, personality and instinct for survival in rough, urban environments.
- Like all serial killers, he had the ability to sense vulnerability among potential victims; he didn't take the streetwise girls, he was after the younger women. -Ann Rule speaking about Gary Ridgway.
- Possessing a style that embodies the life and microculture located within urban settings, typically in the States.
- You could tell from the way he spat old Tupac lyrics, loitering in the corner with his homies, flipping that Yankees cap on his head like he couldn't give a damn that he was streetwise enough to melt Will Smith.
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