woman in the street
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Despite all that, speak to the man or woman in the street, a taxi driver or the staff in a restaurant and there is not the gushing confidence you might expect.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2023
From the bus, I see two men and one woman in the street.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2023
“We have had individuals come back on the force who a reasonable man or woman in the street would say, ‘I don’t want that person carrying a gun on my behalf,’ ” said Ms. Patterson.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2022
“The average man and woman in the street probably doesn’t care a lot about it,” said Charles Bullock, a political science professor at the University of Georgia.
From Slate ● May 23, 2022
Servants, 1s. 6d.; poor, 1s.; guide to the Stones, 2s.; poor woman in the street, 1s.; ribbands, 9d.; wash-woman, 1s.; sempstress for W. Hewer, 3s.; lent W. Hewer, 2s.
From The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Braybrooke, Richard Griffin, Baron
