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Meaning of street urchin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

British, dated

Equivalents

Examples

“She ran to the door and there beheld the ragged street urchin calmly playing his organ.”
“On many occasions, groups of street urchins were seen climbing up large trees for squabs of Rose-ringed Parakeets[.]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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