woman in the street

noun

1. the average woman:

   a new magazine for the woman in the street.

Word History and Origins

Origin of woman in the street¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Deputies responding to the couple’s home in the 300 block of South Huntington Avenue first encountered a bloodied woman in the street holding a sword who approached deputies as they drove up in their police cruiser, according to reporting from news station KTLA.

From Los Angeles Times

Despite all that, speak to the man or woman in the street, a taxi driver or the staff in a restaurant and there is not the gushing confidence you might expect.

From BBC

"The man and woman in the street cannot relate to gallium and germanium," says Dr Harper.

From BBC

From the bus, I see two men and one woman in the street.

From New York Times

Chernov tells a distraught woman in the street to go home, thinking civilians won’t be targeted, but his camera captures how wrong he is as smoke rises from residential areas, and the gruesome scene at an embattled emergency hospital reveals just who’s dying from the indiscriminate shelling.

From Los Angeles Times