Who wrote these usage notes, and is there any reason I shouldn't just erase them?DAVilla05:20, 28 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

Not without addingin the street andon the street, both of which seem to me to have (overlapping or the same) idiomatic meaning.DCDuringHoliday Greetings!12:21, 28 December 2008 (UTC)Reply

Further, in many American cities laid out on a grid, notably Manhattan, streets run east-west, while avenues run north-south, and avenues are frequently wider than streets.

Isn't this caused by the geography of Manhattan? I'm pretty sure that if the island would have been oriented east-west the avenues would have been oriented east-west too.— This comment wasunsigned.

Fixed. --WikiTiki8922:35, 16 March 2014 (UTC)Reply

Chambers 1908 also defines it as "the body of brokers", presumably a case ofmetonymy as when we talk aboutWall Street.Equinox◑03:28, 29 November 2019 (UTC)Reply

British Englisha.  earning a living as a prostituteb.  homelesshttps://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/on-the-streets

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Unlike all other words referring to thoroughfares,street is usually not accented in names:ˈOxford Street vsˌOxfordˈRoadJMGN (talk)22:01, 30 March 2025 (UTC)Reply