streetweary
/ˈstriːtˈwɪəri/adjectiveVerified NewAlso in: Straßenmüde (Deutsch) · callevetano (Español) · ruvieux (Français)
Describing the long-resident household that has seen four committees, three floods, and one hedge war, and remains.
The streetweary hold the institutional memory: which year the party flooded, which committee ended in silence, which hedge was the cause. Their weariness is affectionate and their counsel is decisive. Every street leans on them, and they pretend to mind, and stay.
Etym. — street + weary — the fatigue of the long record, worn with love.
Rel. — fenceweary · wheeliediplomat
Novelty check: APPROVE
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