street people

street people
1. persons whose home is in the streets of a city; the homeless.
2. people who make their living in the streets, esp. of large cities, as vendors or performers.
3. the people of a neighborhood, esp. a crowded big-city neighborhood or ghetto, who frequent the streets of their area.
[1965-70]

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street people UK US noun [plural]
people who have no home and who sleep on the streets
Thesaurus: homeless and homelessnesshyponym towns, cities and villageshyponym

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street people,
people who have rejected traditional social values including homes, so that they are usually found congregating on streets, in parks, and other public places: »

Then came the street people,…the alienated societal dropouts of today (New York Times).

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ˈstreet people f57 [street people] noun (especially NAmE)
people who have no home and who live outside in a town
Syn: homeless

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