gutter-snipen.

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/ˈɡʌtəsnʌɪp/, U.S.

/ˈɡədərˌsnaɪp/

Cf. gutter-bird n. at gutter n.¹ Compounds 2.

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a. dialect. The common snipe, Gallinago cælestis ( Northumbld. Gloss. 1893).

b. The common American or Wilson's snipe, Gallinago wilsoni or delicata.Mr. W. H. Patterson writes from Belfast that he has known the word ‘Guttery-snipe’ in Ireland since 1850, but it is not in common use; a synonym is mire snipe.

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1874 R. Ridgway Birds Ill. in Annals Lyceum N.Y. X. 383 G[allinago] gallinaria..var. Wilsonii..Common Snipe; Gutter Snipe; English Snipe.

a. A gatherer of refuse, such as rags and paper, from street gutters.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > rag-collecting or dust-heap picking > one who

kennel-raker1570

finder1607

rag-raker1631

rag-picker1680

bunter1706

rake-kennel1707

rag collector1820

rag gatherer1851

chiffonier1856

gutter-snipe1869

picker1884

tatter1890

totter1891

dumpster diver1985

1869 Echo 11 Feb. 3/2 One of the female gutter-snipes who gain a precarious living by hunting for ‘unconsidered trifles’ in the streets of Paris.

1898 N. Brit. Daily Mail 24 Sept. 2 It is about twelve years since I first scraped an acquaintance with the Glasgow guttersnipe.

b. A child brought up ‘in the gutter’; one of the lowest class; an urchin. Also attributive and as adj.

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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > other people of low rank or condition > [noun] > street people > children > street-child

blackguard1699

street girl1764

street boy1796

mudlark1814

street urchin1827

gamin1832

street child1839

Arab1847

street Arab1853

muckworm1859

scuttler1867

gutter-snipec1869

gutter-child1870

gavroche1876

gutter-snippet1891

voyoua1896

street kid1910

dead-end kid1928

gurrier1936

c1869 ‘M. Twain’ Sketches New & Old (1875) 70 Unfurl yourselves under my banner, noble savages, illustrious guttersnipes.

1882 L. Wingfield Gehenna II. iii. 71 This fellow, born and bred a guttersnipe, was exceedingly romantic.

1884 Cent. Mag. 28 557 The gutter-snipes and Arabs of the streets of Gravesend.

1907 Daily Chron. 17 May 3/6 Harry Lauder, in his Glasgow gutter-snipe character.

1961 Encounter Mar. 72/1 The guttersnipe ecstasies of [Henry Miller's Tropic of] Capricorn.

c. (See quot. 1877.) U.S.

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1857 ‘K. R. Ockside’ & ‘Q. K. P. Doesticks’ Hist. & Rec. Elephant Club 57 He belongs to a class of beings in New York..known by the ornithological appelation of ‘gutter-snipes’.

1870 J. K. Medbery Men & Myst. Wall St. 136 Gutter snipes. Curbstone brokers.

1877 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) Gutter-snipes, a Wall Street term for brokers who do business chiefly on the sidewalk or in the street, and who are not members of the Stock Exchange.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §563/4 Guttersnipe, one who operates in a curb market.

3. Printing. (U.S.) (See quot. 1871.)

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1871 Amer. Encycl. Printing 193/1 Gutter-snipe, a small and narrow printed bill or poster, which is usually pasted on curbstones.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	gutter-snipe
释义	gutter-snipen. Brit. /ˈɡʌtəsnʌɪp/, U.S. /ˈɡədərˌsnaɪp/ Cf. gutter-bird n. at gutter n.¹ Compounds 2. 1. Thesaurus » Categories » a. dialect. The common snipe, Gallinago cælestis ( Northumbld. Gloss. 1893). b. The common American or Wilson's snipe, Gallinago wilsoni or delicata.Mr. W. H. Patterson writes from Belfast that he has known the word ‘Guttery-snipe’ in Ireland since 1850, but it is not in common use; a synonym is mire snipe. ΚΠ 1874 R. Ridgway Birds Ill. in Annals Lyceum N.Y. X. 383 G[allinago] gallinaria..var. Wilsonii..Common Snipe; Gutter Snipe; English Snipe. 2. a. A gatherer of refuse, such as rags and paper, from street gutters. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > rag-collecting or dust-heap picking > one who kennel-raker1570 finder1607 rag-raker1631 rag-picker1680 bunter1706 rake-kennel1707 rag collector1820 rag gatherer1851 chiffonier1856 gutter-snipe1869 picker1884 tatter1890 totter1891 dumpster diver1985 1869 Echo 11 Feb. 3/2 One of the female gutter-snipes who gain a precarious living by hunting for ‘unconsidered trifles’ in the streets of Paris. 1898 N. Brit. Daily Mail 24 Sept. 2 It is about twelve years since I first scraped an acquaintance with the Glasgow guttersnipe. b. A child brought up ‘in the gutter’; one of the lowest class; an urchin. Also attributive and as adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > other people of low rank or condition > [noun] > street people > children > street-child blackguard1699 street girl1764 street boy1796 mudlark1814 street urchin1827 gamin1832 street child1839 Arab1847 street Arab1853 muckworm1859 scuttler1867 gutter-snipec1869 gutter-child1870 gavroche1876 gutter-snippet1891 voyoua1896 street kid1910 dead-end kid1928 gurrier1936 c1869 ‘M. Twain’ Sketches New & Old (1875) 70 Unfurl yourselves under my banner, noble savages, illustrious guttersnipes. 1882 L. Wingfield Gehenna II. iii. 71 This fellow, born and bred a guttersnipe, was exceedingly romantic. 1884 Cent. Mag. 28 557 The gutter-snipes and Arabs of the streets of Gravesend. 1907 Daily Chron. 17 May 3/6 Harry Lauder, in his Glasgow gutter-snipe character. 1961 Encounter Mar. 72/1 The guttersnipe ecstasies of [Henry Miller's Tropic of] Capricorn. c. (See quot. 1877.) U.S. ΚΠ 1857 ‘K. R. Ockside’ & ‘Q. K. P. Doesticks’ Hist. & Rec. Elephant Club 57 He belongs to a class of beings in New York..known by the ornithological appelation of ‘gutter-snipes’. 1870 J. K. Medbery Men & Myst. Wall St. 136 Gutter snipes. Curbstone brokers. 1877 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) Gutter-snipes, a Wall Street term for brokers who do business chiefly on the sidewalk or in the street, and who are not members of the Stock Exchange. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §563/4 Guttersnipe, one who operates in a curb market. 3. Printing. (U.S.) (See quot. 1871.) ΚΠ 1871 Amer. Encycl. Printing 193/1 Gutter-snipe, a small and narrow printed bill or poster, which is usually pasted on curbstones. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1857
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