guttersnipe
noun/ˈɡʌtɚˌsnaɪp/US
Etymology
From gutter + snipe.
Definitions
A person of the lowest social or economic class.
- Do not worry, Mrs Kane, we will return you a different boy. The guttersnipe you bring us will not be the boy you get back.
A street urchin.
- Never lose a chance: it doesnt come everyday. I shall make a duchess of this draggletailed guttersnipe.
A broker who sold securities in the street.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for guttersnipe. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA