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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
urchin
n 1: poor and often mischievous city child
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Urchin \Ur"chin\ ([^u]"ch[i^]n), n. [OE. urchon, irchon, a
hedgehog, OF. ire[,c]on, eri[,c]on, heri[,c]on, herichon, F.
h['e]risson, a derivative fr. L. ericius, from er a hedgehog,
for her; akin to Gr. chh`r. Cf. Herisson.]
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1. (Zool.) A hedgehog.
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2. (Zool.) A sea urchin. See Sea urchin.
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3. A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a
hedgehog. "We 'll dress [them] like urchins, ouphes, and
fairies." --Shak.
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4. A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a
boy.
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And the urchins that stand with their thievish eyes
Forever on watch ran off each with a prize. --W.
Howitt.
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You did indeed dissemble, you urchin you; but
where's the girl that won't dissemble for an
husband? --Goldsmith.
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5. One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders,
arranged around a carding drum; -- so called from its
fancied resemblance to the hedgehog. --Knight.
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Urchin fish (Zool.), a diodon.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Urchin \Ur"chin\, a.
Rough; pricking; piercing. [R.] "Helping all urchin blasts."
--Milton.
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4. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) |
urchin
n.
See munchkin.
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5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
munchkin
urchin
/muhnch'kin/ [Squeaky-voiced little people in L. Frank Baum's
"The Wizard of Oz"] A teenage-or-younger micro enthusiast
hacking BASIC or something else equally constricted. A term
of mild derision - munchkins are annoying but some grow up
to be hackers after passing through a larval stage. The
term urchin is also used. See also wannabee, bitty box.
[Jargon File]
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Thesaurus Results for urchin:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
Arab, JD, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar, bo, brat, bum, bummer, cub, dickens, dogie, elf, enfant terrible, gamin, gamine, guttersnipe, hobbledehoy, hobo, holy terror, homeless waif, idler, imp, juvenile delinquent, landloper, lazzarone, little monkey, loafer, losel, minx, monkey, mudlark, piker, puck, punk, punk kid, pup, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker, rounder, ski bum, spoiled brat, stiff, stray, street Arab, street arab, street urchin, sundowner, surf bum, swagman, swagsman, tatterdemalion, tennis bum, tramp, turnpiker, vag, vagabond, vagrant, waif, waifs and strays, wastrel, whelp, whippersnapper |
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Common Misspellings > |
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