street Arabn.

Brit.

/ˈstriːt ˌarəb/, U.S.

/ˈstrit ˌɛrəb/

Forms: also with lower-case initial in the second element.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: street n., Arab n.¹

Etymology: < street n. + Arab n.¹ Compare slightly earlier city Arab n. at city n. Compounds 2. Compare also earlier street boy n., street child n., street urchin n. at street n. and adj. Compounds 4, and street wanderer n. at street n. and adj. Compounds 3.

Now chiefly archaic or historical.

A homeless child or young person living on the streets. See Arab n.¹ 4b.Now generally regarded as offensive.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > homeless

Jack out of doors1603

stray1649

street boy1796

street urchin1827

Arab1847

street Arab1853

wastrel1877

street person1907

skell1955

scugnizzo1957

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp > on the street

street girl1764

street boy1796

street child1839

street people1843

street Arab1853

street kid1910

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

1853 M. Hill in M. Hill & C. F. Cornwallis Two Prize Ess. Juvenile Delinquency vi. 240 Can it be believed that these children are street Arabs, street vermin, thieves, [etc.].

1875 Punch 6 Mar. 108/2 Irregular crossing-sweepers, unlicensed boot-cleaners, and street-Arabs generally.

1892 Mrs. H. Ward David Grieve II. 20 He strode on just in time to avoid a flight of street-arabs.

1924 D. H. Lawrence & M. L. Skinner Boy in Bush 49 The children..were singing..with a sort of street-arab abandon.

1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 8 Sept. In the mother country, shipping young street Arabs and other destitute children from city slums to Canadian farms seemed a capital idea.

2002 G. Vanderhaeghe Last Crossing vi. 54 A street arab..runs along beside a wagon..trying to jam a stick into the blur of wheel spokes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	street arab
释义	street Arabn. Brit. /ˈstriːt ˌarəb/, U.S. /ˈstrit ˌɛrəb/ Forms: also with lower-case initial in the second element. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: street n., Arab n.¹ Etymology: < street n. + Arab n.¹ Compare slightly earlier city Arab n. at city n. Compounds 2. Compare also earlier street boy n., street child n., street urchin n. at street n. and adj. Compounds 4, and street wanderer n. at street n. and adj. Compounds 3. Now chiefly archaic or historical. A homeless child or young person living on the streets. See Arab n.¹ 4b.Now generally regarded as offensive. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > homeless Jack out of doors1603 stray1649 street boy1796 street urchin1827 Arab1847 street Arab1853 wastrel1877 street person1907 skell1955 scugnizzo1957 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp > on the street street girl1764 street boy1796 street child1839 street people1843 street Arab1853 street kid1910 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 1853 M. Hill in M. Hill & C. F. Cornwallis Two Prize Ess. Juvenile Delinquency vi. 240 Can it be believed that these children are street Arabs, street vermin, thieves, [etc.]. 1875 Punch 6 Mar. 108/2 Irregular crossing-sweepers, unlicensed boot-cleaners, and street-Arabs generally. 1892 Mrs. H. Ward David Grieve II. 20 He strode on just in time to avoid a flight of street-arabs. 1924 D. H. Lawrence & M. L. Skinner Boy in Bush 49 The children..were singing..with a sort of street-arab abandon. 1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 8 Sept. In the mother country, shipping young street Arabs and other destitute children from city slums to Canadian farms seemed a capital idea. 2002 G. Vanderhaeghe Last Crossing vi. 54 A street arab..runs along beside a wagon..trying to jam a stick into the blur of wheel spokes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1853
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