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Definition of Guttersnipes
1. guttersnipe [n] - See also: guttersnipe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guttersnipes
Literary usage of Guttersnipes
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)
"And Mr. Bennett's people are only spiritual guttersnipes who are not in love with
unimaginable goddesses. The point is that the guttersnipe is having his ..."
2. Atlantic Classics by The Atlantic Monthly (1918)
"And Mr. Bennett's people are only spiritual guttersnipes who are not in love with
unimaginable goddesses. The point is that the guttersnipe is having his ..."
3. The Bookman (1900)
"Several weeks before the day of publication guttersnipes bearing the simple legend
... A week later these were followed by other guttersnipes, on which was ..."
4. On Contemporary Literature by Stuart Pratt Sherman (1917)
"... still in their poor worm-infested breasts would dwell " black care," still
would they remain spiritual guttersnipes in their scientific Elysium. ..."
5. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"CHILD-LIFE IN THE SLUMS — HOMELESS STREET BOYS, guttersnipes AND DOCK RATS —THE
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A DAYBREAK BOY. Gutter-Snipes — Imps of Darkness — Snoopers ..."
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