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Still, they’re clearly meant to evoke his scrappy, street-smart beginnings. Molly McPherson, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024 The Kiwis were street-smart and nullified home advantage with top-order batsmen who set totals up and a dream seam team with a bang-on frontline spinner. Tim Ellis, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 Though Eddie Murphy still hustles and puts people on, it’s become impossible to think of his street-smart Detroit cop, Axel Foley, as an outsider in America’s richest, flossiest community. David Denby, Vulture, 3 July 2024 England lost the first two domestic Ashes Tests through bravado and failing to adjust their mantra against a more street-smart side. Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 The Solution Combine street-smart and finance smart. Dileep Rao, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024 Almost 40 years after the release of the original film, the actor is reprising his role as the street-smart detective in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise. Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024 Furthermore, the crushes in my life were street-smart, grittier boys who probably never had a car, lived in a house, or had monosyllabic names. Elana Rabinowitz, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2024 The classic buddy-cop action comedy spurred two sequels, all starring Murphy as the titular street-smart cop who came to California from Detroit to investigate crime and corruption. Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 24 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of street-smart was in 1966

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“Street-smart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/street-smart. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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street-smart

adjective
ˈstrēt-ˌsmärt

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