urchin

ur·chin

U0145600 (ûr′chĭn)n.1. A playful or mischievous youngster; a scamp.2. A sea urchin.3. Archaic A hedgehog.

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[Middle English urchone, hedgehog, from Old French erichon, from Vulgar Latin *ērīciō, ērīciōn-, from Latin ērīcius, from ēr.]

urchin

(ˈɜːtʃɪn) n1. a mischievous roguish child, esp one who is young, small, or raggedly dressed2. (Animals) See sea urchin, heart urchin3. (Animals) an archaic or dialect name for a hedgehog4. (Mechanical Engineering) either of the two cylinders in a carding machine that are covered with carding cloth5. (European Myth & Legend) obsolete an elf or sprite[C13: urchon, from Old French heriçon, from Latin ēricius hedgehog, from ēr, related to Greek khēr hedgehog]

ur•chin

(ˈɜr tʃɪn)

n. 1. a mischievous boy. 2. any small boy or youngster. 3. sea urchin. 4. Chiefly Brit. Dial. hedgehog. [1300–50; Middle English urchun, urchon hedgehog < Old North French (h)erichon, Old French heriçun < Vulgar Latin *hēricionem, acc. of *hēriciō, for Latin ēricius]

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Noun

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urchin - poor and often mischievous city childchild, kid, minor, nipper, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, small fry, nestling, fry, tyke - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"ragamuffin, tatterdemalion - a dirty shabbily clothed urchinguttersnipe, street urchin - a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas

urchin

noun (Old-fashioned) ragamuffin, waif, guttersnipe, brat, mudlark (slang), gamin, street Arab (offensive), young rogue We were in the bazaar with all the little urchins watching us.

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urchin

(ˈəːtʃin) noun a mischievous, usually dirty or ragged, child, especially a boy. He was chased by a crowd of urchins. 頑童 顽童