street-smart

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Etymology

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Back-formation from street smarts.

Adjective

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street-smart (comparative more street-smart, superlative most street-smart)

  1. Having practical rather than theoretical knowledge, like that learned on the streets rather than in the classroom.
    Coordinate term: book smart
    • 2022 May 28, Phil McCulty, “Liverpool 0-1 Real Madrid”, in BBC Sport:
      For Liverpool, it capped six days of desperate disappointment after missing out on the Premier League to Manchester City by a single point then losing to this experienced, street-smart Real team.

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