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street Arabs

street Arabs is the plural of street Arab.

Meaning of street Arab

Noun

street Arab (plural street Arabs)

  1. (dated) A homeless child who roams the streets, usually begging for handouts; a street urchin.
    • ‘It's the Baker Street division of the detective police force,’ said my companion, gravely; and as he spoke there rushed into the room half a dozen of the dirtiest and most ragged street Arabs that ever I clapped eyes on.1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, section VI

Questions about street Arabs

What is street Arabs the plural of?
Street Arabs is the plural of street Arab.

Words near street Arabs in the dictionary

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