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Sesame Street

Sesame Street proper noun: a television show for children on PBS.

Proper noun

Sesame Street

  1. A television show for children on PBS.
    • She parked the car on Rogers Avenue, which she called "Sesame Street," "for the unpredictable theatrics of its inhabitants."1996, Laurie Gunst, Born Fi' Dead: A Journey Through the Jamaican Posse Underworld, page 171
    • A friend of mine described it as "Sesame Street" for adults and that's not a bad characterization.2002, Joan Elizabeth Lloyd, If it Feels Good: Using the Five Senses to Enhance Your Lovemaking, page 39

Examples of Sesame Street in a sentence

  • The Sesame Street Generation, as some teachers are calling the group of children now in high school, know their numbers and the letters of the alphabet.2003, William C. Doster, Elizabeth Schmid, Adrian W. Poitras, Ruth Ward, How to Prepare for the CLEP, page 96:
  • "You can't do that if your time is consumed with patty-cake and Sesame Street." Summer turned toward Tessa.2003, Vonette Z. Bright, Nancy Moser, The Sister Circle, page 124:
  • It means that even when we go to Mars, we have to look like the cast of Sesame Street.a. 2005, Alex Irvine, "Pictures from an Expedition", in Gordon Van Gelder, ed., Fourth Planet from the Sun: Tales of Mars from The Magazine...
  • Bridget slipped into the room, which had been decorated with a Sesame Street motif.2005, Kevin O'Brien, The Last Victim, page 86:

Questions about Sesame Street

What does Sesame Street mean?
Sesame Street means a television show for children on PBS.
How do you use Sesame Street in a sentence?
The Sesame Street Generation, as some teachers are calling the group of children now in high school, know their numbers and the letters of the alphabet.
What part of speech is Sesame Street?
Sesame Street is a proper noun.

Words near Sesame Street in the dictionary

  1. sesame leaf
  2. sesame leaves
  3. sesame oil
  4. sesame seed
  5. sesame seeds
  6. Sesame Street
  7. sesames
  8. sesameseed
  9. sesameseeds
  10. sesamin
  11. sesaminol

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