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Adjective(1) (2) having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment

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(1) Unfortunately, too much of Blige's appeal is wrapped up in her gruff, streetwise persona and not enough is focused on her enjoyable but often pedestrian musical instincts.(2) I am streetwise and clever and realise that any other course of action might have led to me having my head kicked in.(3) You can very quickly go very high and very low in the same week and I think it makes London kids very streetwise and very society-wise.(4) It's stuffed full of Japanese cultural references, slang, and streetwise situations.(5) In accepting the challenge of writing a chapter on the relationship between theory and research in criminology, I am streetwise enough to know that I invite at least two lines of criticism.(6) Yeah, she's got grade A's in every O-level, but when it comes to general knowledge or being streetwise , she struggles a bit sometimes.(7) PC Hall said: u2018A lot of children over the age of five are very streetwise and get a basic understanding from their parents.u2019(8) The designer said she's trying her hand at streetwise fashion with a musical twist.(9) She would say that she was streetwise and it wouldn't happen to her, but I was terrified.(10) Another reason for the jump was the big influx of students in Sheffield who u2018were not necessarily streetwise ,u2019 said Mr Hedges.(11) They even share a house servant, Manuelo, more worldly and streetwise than anyone else around.(12) Forced to play this u2018homeu2019 fixture at Northampton, the Londoners attracted a crowd of just 3,595 and were edged out in an entertaining game by their more streetwise visitors.(13) Skinny suggests active. Skinny is more fashionable, more streetwise , more plugged-in, but not if you are seen to be struggling to maintain it.(14) We have also got a lot more streetwise , and playing against the best sides has raised skill levels and mental awareness.(15) She has all the intellectual abilities, but is more streetwise than the other two.(16) You had to be young, streetwise and easy to talk to as well as being able to do the practical things - literacy and numeracy, doing presentations, working with other people and all that.