Main Street

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#1·12h ago

The proper name of the main street of any of many villages, towns, or small cities, especially in the United States, Canada, Ireland, and some parts of Scotland.

Thanks to a $700 billion TARP bailout and hundreds of billions of dollars in nearly free of charge loans by the Federal Reserve (a policy Soros himself told me was a "hidden gift" to the banks), Wall Street has surged back to pre-crisis …

Origin: The street name sense is by proprialization from main street. The everyday-people sense is by metonymy. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·12h ago

(idiomatic, North America, collective) Everyday working-class people and small business owners, especially with regard to their concerns, social views, etc.

Thanks to a $700 billion TARP bailout and hundreds of billions of dollars in nearly free of charge loans by the Federal Reserve (a policy Soros himself told me was a "hidden gift" to the banks), Wall Street has surged back to pre-crisis …

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