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Slum child
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guttersnipe
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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.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Guttersnipe \Gut"ter*snipe"\, n. (Slang) A small poster, suitable for a curbstone. A curbstone broker. [U. S.] same as street Arab . a person of low moral character.
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 ...
Usage examples of guttersnipe.
She saved those poor little guttersnipes from the German bombs all the same, whether she did it out of Christian charity or because it went with the image of lady of the manor.