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sidewalk superintendent

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sidewalk superintendent

–noun Informal.
a bystander who watches the building, demolition, repair, or other work being done at a construction site.

Origin:
1945–50
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sidewalk superintendent  
n.   Slang
A pedestrian who stops to watch construction or demolition work.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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sidewalk superintendent

  1. n.
    someone who—out of curiosity—watches excavations being dug and buildings being built. : All day, the lines of sidewalk superintendents oozed by.
  2. n.
    any critic. : If another sidewalk superintendent comes in here and tries to tell me how to manage this office, heads will roll.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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