street urchin
1street urchin — noun a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas • Syn: ↑guttersnipe • Hypernyms: ↑urchin • Hyponyms: ↑gamine, ↑street arab, ↑gamin, ↑throwaway …
2street urchin — /ˈstrit ɜtʃən/ (say street erchuhn) noun a child having no home and making his or her way by begging, stealing, etc …
3street urchin — noun A child who lives, or spends most of their time, in the streets; often a petty thief or pickpocket …
4Urchin — or urcheon is the old English term for hedgehog. As such, it is applied to many things that take a similar form to a hedgehog: * Sea urchins are spiny sea creatures that are round and prickly like hedgehogs. * In old theater, urchin was a common… …
5street Arab — n. a homeless or neglected child left to roam the streets; gamin: also street urchin …
6urchin — noun a) A mischievous child. b) street kid, a child from a poor neighborhood. See Also: sea urchin, street urchin …
7urchin — UK [ˈɜː(r)tʃɪn] / US [ˈɜrtʃɪn] noun [countable] Word forms urchin : singular urchin plural urchins 1) old fashioned a child who is very poor and wears dirty clothes a street urchin 2) a sea urchin …
8urchin — Synonyms and related words: Arab, JD, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, bo, brat, bum, bummer, cub, dickens, dogie, elf, enfant terrible, gamin, gamine, guttersnipe, hobbledehoy, hobo, holy terror, homeless waif, idler, imp, juvenile delinquent,… …
9street Arab — Synonyms and related words: Arab, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, bo, bum, bummer, dogie, gamin, gamine, guttersnipe, hobo, homeless waif, idler, landloper, lazzarone, loafer, losel, mudlark, piker, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, rounder, ski bum …
10urchin — ur|chin [ ɜrtʃın ] noun count 1. ) OLD FASHIONED a child who is very poor and wears dirty clothes: a street urchin 2. ) a SEA URCHIN …
