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词汇 guttersnipe
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Definition of guttersnipe in English:

guttersnipe

nounˈɡʌtəsnʌɪpˈɡədərˌsnaɪp
derogatory
  • A scruffy and badly behaved child who spends most of their time on the street.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You ruined my picture, you little guttersnipe.
    • How many times do I have to respond to the ravings of guttersnipes?
    • They were feared and reviled as street rats and guttersnipes, vagrants and beggars.
    • It is time to pay another visit to the snivelling little guttersnipe.
    • But I look forward to the time when the technology becomes cheap and common enough for a little guttersnipe like me to afford one.
    • I shall make a duchess of this draggle-tail guttersnipe.
    Synonyms
    urchin, street urchin, ragamuffin, waif, stray, outcast, orphan
    informal scarecrow
    dated gamin
    archaic mudlark, scapegrace, street Arab, wastrel, tatterdemalion

Definition of guttersnipe in US English:

guttersnipe

nounˈɡədərˌsnaɪpˈɡədərˌsnīp
derogatory
  • A scruffy and badly behaved child who spends most of their time on the street.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You ruined my picture, you little guttersnipe.
    • How many times do I have to respond to the ravings of guttersnipes?
    • They were feared and reviled as street rats and guttersnipes, vagrants and beggars.
    • But I look forward to the time when the technology becomes cheap and common enough for a little guttersnipe like me to afford one.
    • I shall make a duchess of this draggle-tail guttersnipe.
    • It is time to pay another visit to the snivelling little guttersnipe.
    Synonyms
    urchin, street urchin, ragamuffin, waif, stray, outcast, orphan
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