An urchin is a young child who is dirty and poorly dressed. [old-fashioned] We were in the bazaar with all the little urchins watching us. Synonyms: ragamuffin, waif, guttersnipe, brat More Synonyms of urchin.
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Aug 25, 2024 ˇ 1. archaic : hedgehog sense 1a 2. a mischievous and often poor and raggedly clothed youngster street urchins 3. sea urchin
a small child, especially one who behaves badly and is dirty or dressed in a messy way: a street urchin.
noun ˇ a mischievous roguish child, esp one who is young, small, or raggedly dressed ˇ See sea urchin heart urchin ˇ an archaic or dialect name for a hedgehog.
Other forms: urchins. That young child dressed in dirty hand-me-downs and running rampant through city streets is an urchin. Street urchins, as they are ...
URCHIN meaning: 1 : a usually poor and dirty child who annoys people or causes minor trouble; 2 : sea urchin.
Urchin or urcheon is the Middle English term for "hedgehog". It may refer to: Contents. 1 Common meanings; 2 Arts and entertainment; 3 Other uses; 4 See ...
noun NAmE//ˈərtʃən// (old-fashioned) a young child who is poor and dirty, often one who has no home a dirty little street.
Noun ˇ A mischievous child. ˇ A street urchin, a child who lives, or spends most of their time, in the streets. ˇ A sea urchin. ˇ One of a pair in a series of ...
Aug 25, 2024 ˇ noun. ˈər-chən. Definition of urchin. as in monkey. an appealingly mischievous person we could never resist the little urchin's pleas for candy.