The meaning of Guttersnipes

noun

A street urchin.

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If chicago lacks the vision to see ahead, it will reap the harvest of fostering a kindergarten on t…

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A person who scavenges in river mud for objects of value.

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The mudlarks and the river police are thorough, unlike some.

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Someone who searches the mud (= soft, wet ground) near rivers trying to find valuable or interesting objects

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There is a collection of medieval artefacts unearthed by mudlarks and and metal detectors., the ver…

noun

A child whose parents are dead.

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He was left an orphan as a small boy

verb

Make (a child) an orphan.

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John was orphaned at 12

noun

A child whose parents are dead

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She was orphaned at an early age.

noun

A person who has been rejected or ostracized by their society or social group.

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She went from trusted pal to ostracized outcast overnight

adjective

(of a person) rejected or ostracized.

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They can be made to feel outcast and inadequate

noun

A person who is not accepted or has no place in society or in a particular group

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A social outcast

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A person, typically a child, in ragged, dirty clothes.

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Why had she even gone with the dirty little ragamuffin?

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A dirty untidy child in torn clothes

noun

A mischievous or wayward person, especially a young person or child; a rascal.

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Her husband, john hall, is decent and dull, which tuck milligan doesn't mitigate: rafe, the would-b…

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An object made to resemble a human figure, set up to scare birds away from a field where crops are growing.

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The purpose of the scarecrow is to scare crows away from your crop, but the crows have grown wise o…

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An object that looks like a person dressed in old, torn clothes and that stands in a garden or field to frighten birds away

verb

Move away aimlessly from a group or from the right course or place.

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Dog owners are urged not to allow their dogs to stray

adjective

Not in the right place; separated from the group or target.

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He pushed a few stray hairs from her face

noun

A stray person or thing, especially a domestic animal.

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The former stray, who had been mr boffey's companion for the past three years, was later found unha…

adjective

Tattered or dilapidated.

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Al's tatterdemalion figure was washed out in a psychedelic rainbow as sam beckett leaped again.

noun

A person in tattered clothing.

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In a free society, why should anyone stand in the way of another person's transformation from tatte…

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A young child who is poorly or raggedly dressed.

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He was surrounded by a dozen street urchins in rags

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A homeless, neglected, or abandoned person, especially a child.

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She is foster mother to various waifs and strays

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A wasteful or good-for-nothing person.

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I have no intention of seeing my dues gambled away by your wastrel of a son

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A person who does nothing positive with their life, making no use of their abilities or the opportunities that are offered to them