guttersnipe

gut·ter·snipe

 (gŭt′ər-snīp′)

n.

1. A street urchin.

2. A person of the lowest class.

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guttersnipe

(ˈɡʌtəˌsnaɪp)

n

1. a child who spends most of his time in the streets, esp in a slum area

2. a person regarded as having the behaviour, morals, etc, of one brought up in squalor

[C19: originally a name applied to the common snipe (the bird), then to a person who gathered refuse from gutters in city streets]

ˈgutterˌsnipish adj

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gut•ter•snipe

(ˈgʌt ərˌsnaɪp)

n.

1. a person typical of the lowest or basest social group in a city.

2. a street urchin.

[1855–60]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

guttersnipe - a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas street urchin 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 urchin - poor and often mischievous city child

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guttersnipe

noun street urchin, waif, ragamuffin, mudlark (slang), gamin, street Arab (offensive) An elocution expert plucks a guttersnipe from Covent Garden market and teaches her to talk like a lady.

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Translations

scugnizzo

guttersnipe

[ˈgʌtəsnaɪp] N → golfillo m

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guttersnipe

[ˈgʌtəˌsnaɪp] n → scugnizzo

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