adverb (or adjective)
1. : out of doors in the city
met him on the street
2.
a. : idle, homeless, or out of a job
his paper folded; and he's on the street — D.M.Mankiewicz
b. : in the company of the idle, homeless, or derelict in an urban area
boys returning home … are amused at the bebops, forgetting their own days on the street — C.K.Myers