streeter

streeter
 n.β€” Β«Elements like the Word Train appear at first glance quite un-Timesian, but at second, they provide a philosophical joltβ€”what is the Word Train, after all, but a variation on the classic β€œstreeter,” that roundup of quotes from twenty voters, this time done with many anonymous thousands?Β» β€”β€œThe New Journalism: Goosing the Gray Lady” by Emily Nussbaum New York Magazine Jan. 11, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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