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Dictionary: street smarts

pl.n.
Shrewd awareness of how to survive in an often hostile urban environment.


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Intuitive intelligence or reasoning power not gained by formal education.

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n. the knowledge and ability to survive on the urban street.  If you don't have street smarts, you won't last long out there.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a shrewd ability to survive in a dangerous urban environment


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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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