Bit of riffraff

• Child of the streets
• Street child
• Vulgar one
• Person behaving as one brought up in squalor
• Slum child
• A child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas
• Street urchin to start to go out with bird

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas [syn: street urchin ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also gutter-snipe , 1857, from gutter (n.) + snipe (n.); originally Wall Street slang for "streetcorner broker," attested later (1869) as "street urchin," also "one who gathers rags and paper from gutters." As a name for the common snipe, it dates from ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (cx derogatory English) A person who is from the lowest social or economic class. 2 (cx derogatory English) A street urchin. 3 (cx dated slang English) A small poster , suitable for a kerbstone. 4 (cx dated slang US English) A kerbstone broker.