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mother wit
noun as in innate intelligence
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Example Sentences
Gault eventually got there, reclaiming a bit of her mom's "mother wit."
From Salon
To understand the limits of my own education and the farther reach of mother wit.
From Seattle Times
As for their viewing of Spike Lee’s movie, the scene that Tanne derives from it is a minor masterwork of ironic psychology and mother wit.
From The New Yorker
She encouraged me to listen carefully to what country people called mother wit.
From Literature
But mother wit and “needs must” trained him in a short time to win the ear of an audience.
From Project Gutenberg
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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