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Finnish
Etymology
From kadun (“of the street”) + mies (“man”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑdunˌmie̯s/,
- Rhymes: -ies
- Syllabification(key): ka‧dun‧mies
Noun
kadunmies
- (idiomatic) man on the street, man in the street, average Joe (an ordinary member of the general public)
- Synonyms: kaduntallaaja, mattimeikäläinen
2008, Sami Sillanpää, “Hintojen nousu huolettaa kadunmiestä”, in Helsingin Sanomat:Hintojen nousu huolettaa kadunmiestä (title)- Rise in prices a source of worry for the man on the street
2012, Teemu Keskisarja, Markku Kuisma, Erehtymättömät: Tarina suuresta pankkisodasta ja liikepankeista Suomen kohtaloissa 1862-2012, →ISBN:Kadunmiehen (tai kadulle joutuneen asuntovelallisen) oikeuskatsomuksissa menettely vivahti mielivaltaan.- The procedure seemed arbitrary to those with the legal understanding of the man on the street (or of whoever had been forced homeless by being unable to pay their mortgage).
2022, Antti Verneri Kautto, Sivukonttori, →ISBN, page 190:Kadunmies tietää, että globaalin talouden notkahdukset on kestettävä ja EU:n säätämistä velvoitteista on suoriuduttava.- The man on the street knows that one must survive the dips in the global economy and carry out the obligations set out by the EU.
- (euphemistic) homeless person, drifter, vagabond, vagrant
- Synonym: laitapuolen kulkija
2016, Tenho N. Suomaa, Homo Petroleum, →ISBN:Näin kulkureita ja kadunmiehiä sillan alla ja ajattelin että kadunmiehiä haukuttiin turhaan vain ’kadunmiehiksi’, vaikka he saivat kävellä rajoituksitta sen päällä!- I saw tramps and vagrants under the bridge and thought to myself that vagrants are only called mockingly "kadunmies (vagrant, lit. man of the street)", even though they were allowed to walk on it without any restrictions!
2017, Karoliina Paananen, “”Helsingin kiltein” kadunmies Arska on poissa – jopa Andy McCoy piipahti kaatamassa oluen muistomerkillä”, in Ilta-Sanomat:Ullanlinnan Arska oli kaupungin kiltein kadunmies, kuvailevat muistopaikalle saapuneet ystävät.- Ullanlinna Arska was described as the nicest vagrant in town by his friends that had come to visit the memorial site.
2020, Jussi Suomela, Pohjoisen patriootit 3, →ISBN:Kadunmies yritti kaikin tavoin herättää partion huomion.- The vagrant tried everything to capture the patrol's attention.
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