streetlife

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English

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Etymology

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street+‎life

Noun

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streetlife(uncountable)

  1. Lifeas lived by ordinary people in urbanstreets.
    • 2002,Charles Hebbert, Dan Richardson,The Rough Guide to Budapest,2nd edition, London: Rough Guides,→ISBN,page73:
      During the 1980s, its vividstreetlifebecame a symbol of the “consumer socialism” that distinguished Hungary from other Eastern Bloc states, but Budapesters today are rather less enamoured of Váci: dressed-to-kill babes and their sugar daddies would rather pose in malls, and teenagers can findMcDonald'sanywhere, leaving Váci utterly dependent on tourists for its livelihood and bustle.