Man-street

noun

the ordinary person; the average citizen: the political opinions of the man in the street.

Origin:
1825–35

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noun

man in the street.

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man in the street

—n
	the typical or ordinary person, esp as a hypothetical unit in statistics

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"Alvy Singer: You look like a really happy couple. Are you?
Woman on Street: Yeah.
Alvy Singer: Yeah? So how do you account for it?
Woman on Street: I'm very shallow and empty and I have no ideas and nothing interesting to say.
Man on Street: And I'm exactly the same way."

-Woody Allen

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