Definitions for street urchin
street urchin

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. street urchin, guttersnipenoun

   a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas

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1. street urchinnoun

   A child who lives, or spends most of their time, in the streets; often a petty thief or pickpocket.

2. Etymology: A term originating in Victorian England.

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1. street urchin

   Street children are poor or homeless children who live on the streets of a city, town, or village. Homeless youth are often called street kids, or urchins; the definition of street children is contested, but many practitioners and policymakers use UNICEF's concept of boys and girls, aged under 18 years, for whom "the street" (including unoccupied dwellings and wasteland) has become home and/or their source of livelihood, and who are inadequately protected or supervised. Street girls are sometimes called gamines, a term that is also used for Colombian street children of either sex.Some street children, notably in more developed nations, are part of a subcategory called thrown-away children, consisting of children who have been forced to leave home. Thrown-away children are more likely to come from single-parent homes. Street children are often subject to abuse, neglect, exploitation, or, in extreme cases, murder by "clean-up squads" that have been hired by local businesses or police.

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1. street urchin

   A street urchin is a term often used to describe a child who lives or spends most of their time on the streets, typically in urban areas. These children may be homeless and often engage in petty crimes or begging for survival. They usually lack the protection and care of adults, suffer from poverty, and lack access to education. The term originated in the 19th century and is somewhat outdated today, with "street child" being more commonly used.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of street urchin in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of street urchin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of street urchin in a Sentence

1. Gary Paulsen:

   And it became a sanctuary for me, the librarian -- she watched me for a while. I was kind of this urchin, you know, a street urchin. Then she finally said, you want something ? I said, nah I'm OK. And she gave me a card and -- hard to talk about it. It was a card with my name on it. And, God, nobody had given me anything like that. Nobody gave me anything.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=street urchin
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Street_Urchin
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Urchin
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