pavement artist

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   someone who draws on the pavement with colored chalks (hoping that passers-by will give them money)

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Questions about pavement artist

What does pavement artist mean?

pavement artist means "someone who draws on the pavement with colored chalks (hoping that passers-by will give them money)".

Is pavement artist a common word?

pavement artist is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.