guttersnipe
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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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Noun | 1. | guttersnipe - a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas 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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