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street arab

American

[street ar-uhb] / ˈstrit ˌær əb /

Or street Arab

noun

Archaic: Often Offensive.

a person, especially a child, who lives on the streets; urchin.

street Arab British

noun

literary a homeless child, esp one who survives by begging and stealing; urchin

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See Arab.

Etymology

Origin of street arab

First recorded in 1860–65

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