guttersnipe
a person belonging to or characteristic of the lowest social group in a city.
a street urchin.
Origin of guttersnipe
1Other words from guttersnipe
- gut·ter·snip·ish, adjective
Words Nearby guttersnipe
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How to use guttersnipe in a sentence
In one way or the other, the guttersnipe must have his proper prominence.
Atlantic Classics | VariousThe Humanitarian Hero had not come into fashion—nor yet the guttersnipe.
Atlantic Classics | VariousYou wait—I shant—forget, you—squat-nosed—little—guttersnipe.
Egholm and his God | Johannes BuchholtzI'm a spiritual guttersnipe in love with unimaginable goddesses.
Tono Bungay | H. G. WellsHis studies of the London “guttersnipe” and the coster-girl rapidly made him famous.
British Dictionary definitions for guttersnipe
/ (ˈɡʌtəˌsnaɪp) /
a child who spends most of his time in the streets, esp in a slum area
a person regarded as having the behaviour, morals, etc, of one brought up in squalor
Origin of guttersnipe
1Derived forms of guttersnipe
- guttersnipish, adjective
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