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street urchin

DEFINITIONS OF: street urchin

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n a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas

Synonyms:
guttersnipe
Types:
gamine
a homeless girl who roams the streets
gamin, street arab, throwaway
(sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets
Type of:
urchin
poor and often mischievous city child
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