guttersnipe
pronunciation
How to pronounce guttersnipe in British English:
UK [ˈgʌtəsnaɪp]
How to pronounce guttersnipe in American English:
US [ˈgʌtərsnaɪp]
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- Noun:
- a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas
Word Origin
- guttersnipe (n.)
- also gutter-snipe, 1857, from gutter (n.) + snipe (n.); originally Wall Street slang for "streetcorner broker," attested later (1869) as "street urchin," also "one who gathers rags and paper from gutters." As a name for the common snipe, it dates from 1874 but is perhaps earlier.