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street cred (kred)

noun

Slang popularity with or acceptance by the common people a candidate who lacks street cred

Etymology: street cred(ibility): see street ()

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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