mother wit

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mother wit

Innate intelligence or common sense.

mother wit

native practical intelligence; common sense

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mother wit - sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"

common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense

sagaciousness, sagacity, discernment, judgement, judgment - the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

logic - reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"

nous - common sense; "she has great social nous"

road sense - good judgment in avoiding trouble or accidents on the road

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Among several persons collected about the doorsteps, the most remarkable was a sturdy mountaineer, of six feet two and corresponding bulk, with a heavy set of features, such as might be moulded on his own blacksmith's anvil, but yet indicative of mother wit and rough humor.

The Great Carbuncle by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

When you have to live by your mother wit, old boy, I hope you may get on better than I do.

Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context

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