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    GUTTERSNIPE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areasplay

    Synonyms:

    guttersnipe; street urchin

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("guttersnipe" is a kind of...):

    urchin (poor and often mischievous city child)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guttersnipe"):

    gamine (a homeless girl who roams the streets)

    gamin; street arab; throwaway ((sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets)

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