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guttersnipe

[ guht-er-snahyp ]

noun

  1. a person belonging to or characteristic of the lowest social group in a city.
  2. a street urchin.


guttersnipe

/ ˈɡʌtəˌsnaɪp /

noun

  1. a child who spends most of his time in the streets, esp in a slum area
  2. a person regarded as having the behaviour, morals, etc, of one brought up in squalor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈgutterˌsnipish, adjective
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Other Words From

  • gutter·snipish adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of guttersnipe1

First recorded in 1855–60; gutter + snipe
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Word History and Origins

Origin of guttersnipe1

C19: originally a name applied to the common snipe (the bird), then to a person who gathered refuse from gutters in city streets
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Example Sentences

In one way or the other, the guttersnipe must have his proper prominence.

The Humanitarian Hero had not come into fashion—nor yet the guttersnipe.

You wait—I shant—forget, you—squat-nosed—little—guttersnipe.

I'm a spiritual guttersnipe in love with unimaginable goddesses.

His studies of the London “guttersnipe” and the coster-girl rapidly made him famous.

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