street urchin

/strit ˌʌrtʃən/

Other forms: street urchins

Definitions of street urchin

1. noun

   a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas
   synonyms: guttersnipe

   types:

   gamine

   (sometimes offensive) a girl who has been abandoned and roams the streets

   gamin, street arab, throwaway

   (sometimes offensive) a boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets

   type of:

   urchin

   a poor and often mischievous city child