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Definition of Street urchin
1. Noun. A child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas.
Specialized synonyms: Gamine, Gamin, Street Arab, Throwaway
Generic synonyms: Urchin
Definition of Street urchin
1. Noun. (British) A child who lives, or spends most of their time, in the streets; often a petty thief or pickpocket. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Street Urchin
Literary usage of Street urchin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Little Bird Blue by William Lovell Finley, Irene Finley, Robert Bruce Horsfall (1915)
"a young English sparrow that was sick — a neglected street urchin. We put the
waif on the back porch with Little Bird Blue. He scanned the newcomer, ..."
2. Little Bird Blue by William Lovell Finley, Irene Finley, Robert Bruce Horsfall (1915)
"a young English sparrow that was sick — a neglected street urchin. We put the
waif on the back porch with Little Bird Blue. He scanned the newcomer, ..."
3. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"His street urchin on canvas remains a street urchin, still, but be has a gentle
expression, such as will sometimes be caught on the veriest of vagabonds, ..."
4. Memories of a Musical Career by Clara Kathleen Rogers (1919)
"By the way, I wonder if that epithet has ever been traced to what seems to me
its origin, — namely, the familiar protest of the street urchin at the mean ..."
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