Usage of "man in the street"

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A hypothetical average man.

Usage of man in the street in English

A man who knew the Boers was the man in the street. 
 The Siege of Kimberley / Its Humorous and Social Side; Anglo-Boe... 

Suppose the Master slain, and Gowrie a free man in the street. 
 Historical Mysteries 

Sometimes if I did but meet a good man in the street. 
 Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) 

Their point of view was that of the man in the street. 
 Cabinet of Curiosities 

Hes the man in the street; and thats what you want. 
 Fanny's First Play 

But his relations with the man in the street were of the closest. 
 Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 03 

His instinct is towards the man in the street rather than the Academy. 
 The Note-Books of Samuel Butler 

The man in the street saw that the Dictator noted him. 
 The Dictator 

The man in the street is tired of hearing about rehearsals. 
 My Second Year of the War 

The man in the street will assure you he wants no diplomatic peace. 
 In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace 

This opinion was not confined to the man in the street. 
 Marse Henry (Volume 1) / An Autobiography 

When that guest looked down again the man in the street had disappeared. 
 The Dictator 

Several months later Harte stumbled upon the man in the street. 
 Chapters from My Autobiography 

And be sure thou speakest to no man in the street. 
 The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California 

Perhaps I say this as being myself a man in the street musically. 
 The Note-Books of Samuel Butler 

Funny thing; met a man in the street, hadn't seen for five years. 
 The Captives 

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