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street urchins

street urchins is the plural of street urchin.

Meaning of street urchin

Noun

street urchin (plural street urchins)

  1. (UK, dated) A child who lives, or spends most of their time, in the streets; sometimes a petty thief or pickpocket.
    • She ran to the door and there beheld the ragged street urchin calmly playing his organ.1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 84

Questions about street urchins

What is street urchins the plural of?
Street urchins is the plural of street urchin.

Words near street urchins in the dictionary

  1. street theater
  2. street theaters
  3. street theatre
  4. street theatres
  5. street urchin
  6. street urchins
  7. street value
  8. street values
  9. street walker
  10. street walkers
  11. street wisdom

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