street name
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Tweet n. 1. The name of a street. 2. The name of a broker or brokerage firm as used when registering a security owned by a customer in order to simplify trading. 3. An alternative or slang term for something, especially an illegal drug: "Acid" is a street name for LSD. 4. An alternative name that a person chooses or is given, especially as used in inner city neighborhoods: "[She] wears a gold necklace with the letters F-R-E-S-H—her street name—spelled out in rhinestones" (Ted Gup). |
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