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Street arab

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A homeless child who roams the streets, usually begging for handouts; a street urchin. dated

    "‘It's the Baker Street division of the detective police force,’ said my companion, gravely; and as he spoke there rushed into the room half a dozen of the dirtiest and most ragged street Arabs that ever I clapped eyes on."

  2. 2
    (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets wordnet

Etymology

So-called because they were nomadic, with no fixed home.

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