STREET PEOPLE Definition & Meaning

street people

[ street pee-puhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

plural noun

people whose home is on the streets of a city; people who are unhoused or experiencing homelessness.
people who make their living on the streets, especially of large cities, as vendors or performers.
the people of a neighborhood, especially a poor and crowded big-city neighborhood, who frequent the streets of their area.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of street people¹

First recorded in 1840–50

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On Holderness Road, the area's main shopping street, people were taking a walk around East Park in the autumn sunshine, despite freezing temperatures.

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On Florida Street, people are busy at work trying to fix broken doors and clear out the mud.

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“It’s the reason why when I walk down the street, people talk to me in English. People don’t believe I live in the Caribbean.”

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He said there is more trash along the street, people using the street as a bathroom and graffiti on the sidewalk.

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There are crooked politicians, crooked cops, crooked garbagemen, dodgy street people, human traffickers and drug dealers.

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