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guttersnipe [ˈgʌtəˌsnaɪp] 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 [originally a name applied to the common snipe (the bird), then to a person who gathered refuse from gutters in city streets] guttersnipish adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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--the one an inky, rusty old canoe with a sable hearse-body clapped on to the middle of it, and the other a mangy, barefooted guttersnipe with a portion of his raiment on exhibition which should have been sacred from public scrutiny. Pearce; and damn the coffee; and damn you; and damn my own folly in having lavished MY hard-earned knowledge and the treasure of my regard and intimacy on a heartless guttersnipe. So that thousands of poor English people trembled before a mysterious chieftain with an ancient destiny and a diadem of evil stars--when they are really trembling before a guttersnipe who was a pettifogger and a pawnbroker not twelve years ago. |
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