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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
guttersnipe
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ No wonder you turned into such a weasel-faced guttersnipe.
▪ There's no trusting a guttersnipe.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Guttersnipe

Guttersnipe \Gut"ter*snipe"\, n. (Slang)

    1. A small poster, suitable for a curbstone.

    2. A curbstone broker. [U. S.]

  2. same as street Arab.

  3. a person of low moral character.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
guttersnipe

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 1874 but is perhaps earlier.

Wiktionary
guttersnipe

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.

WordNet
guttersnipe

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

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.