Street people are people who live a public life on the streets of a city. Street people are frequently homeless, sometimes mentally ill, and often have a transient lifestyle. The delineation of street people is primarily determined by residential arrangement and their location in the urban setting.
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.
A pedestrian is a person traveling on foot, whether walking or running. In modern times, the term usually refers to someone walking on a road or pavement, but this was not the case historically.
Definitions of street child. a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned. synonyms: waif. type of: child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster. a young person of either sex.
Definitions of street girl. a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets. synonyms: floozie, floozy, hooker, hustler, slattern, streetwalker.
Life on the street is brutal. The lack of secure and stable shelter, food, income, hygiene and physical and behavioral health care makes it nearly impossible to be healthy. The life expectancy of a person experiencing homelessness is just 48 years.
plural nounInformal. shrewd awareness of how to survive or succeed in any situation, especially as a result of living or working in a difficult environment, as a city ghetto neighborhood.
“Street” is from Latin “strata via” a paved way and is usually shorter than a “road” which is related to “ride” and usually refers to more of a longer distance cross country connection between places. “Avenue” from Latin “ad venire” to come to, is usually a fancy tree lined street.
Homeless youth are often called street kids, or urchins; the definition of street children is contested, but many practitioners and policymakers use UNICEF's concept of boys and girls, aged under 18 years, for whom "the street" (including unoccupied dwellings and wasteland) has become home and/or their source of ...
Street names. The definition of a 'street' includes any highway, public bridge, road, lane, footway, cycle path, square, court alley or passage whether a thoroughfare or not, adopted or not.
someone, usually a young man, who spends a lot of time on the streets and may use or sell drugs, or cause trouble: He thinks he's some kind of roadman.
