the man/woman in the street

the man/woman in the street
AN ORDINARY PERSON, Mr/Mrs Average; Brit. informal Joe Bloggs, Joe Public, the man on the Clapham omnibus; N. Amer. informal John Doe, Joe Sixpack.
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