Definition of Guttersnipe

1. Noun. A child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas.

Exact synonyms: Street Urchin
Specialized synonyms: Gamine, Gamin, Street Arab, Throwaway
Generic synonyms: Urchin

Definition of Guttersnipe

1. n. A small poster, suitable for a curbstone.

Definition of Guttersnipe

1. Noun. A person who is from the lowest social or economic class. ¹

2. Noun. A street urchin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Guttersnipe

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Guttersnipe

gutter fracture
gutter out
gutter press
gutter wound
gutteral
gutterball
guttered
guttering
gutterings
gutterless
gutterlike
guttermouth
guttermouths
gutters
guttersnipe (current term)
guttersnipes
guttersnipish
gutterwork
guttery
guttier
gutties
guttiest
guttifer
guttiferous
guttifers
guttiform
gutting
guttings
guttle

Literary usage of Guttersnipe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modes and Morals by Katharine Fullerton Guerould (1920)
"The point is that the guttersnipe is having his turn in fiction: if our ... In one way or the other, the guttersnipe must have his proper prominence. ..."

2. Atlantic Classics by The Atlantic Monthly (1918)
"I 'ma spiritual guttersnipe in love with unimaginable goddesses,' says ... The point is that the guttersnipe is having his turn in fiction: if our American ..."

3. The Lure of Music: Depicting the Human Side of Great Composers, with Stories by Olin Downes, Columbia Graphophone Company (U.S.) (1918)
"His musical humor savors at times of the farce and impudence of the Parisian guttersnipe, but, like that guttersnipe whom Hugo immortalized in "Les ..."

4. Stevens Indicator by Stevens Institute of Technology (1884)
"Has the mongrel guttersnipe disturbed thee ? DIANA. Aye, Loophole, and I would have kicked him with my number nines had I known that you were near. ..."

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