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GUTTERSNIPE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas
Synonyms:
guttersnipe; street urchin
Classified under:
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)