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Street urchin

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A child who lives, or spends most of their time, in the streets; sometimes a petty thief or pickpocket. British, dated

    "She ran to the door and there beheld the ragged street urchin calmly playing his organ."

  2. 2
    a child who spends most of their time in the streets especially in slum areas wordnet

Etymology

First use appears c. 1827 in a publication by Thomas Carlyle.

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