[Ads-l] Antedating of "Street-Smart" (Adjective)

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street-smart, adj. (OED 1966)

1959 Chicago Sunday Tribune 4 Oct. Magazine Section 42/2 (Newspapers.com)

That's known among Chicago's alley-wise, street-smart kids as being cool.

Fred Shapiro

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