guttersnipe

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gut·ter·snipe /ˈɡʌtəsnaɪp $ -ər-/ noun [countable] old-fashioned SSCa dirty untidy badly behaved child from a poor home 又脏又野的穷人家孩子

Examples from the Corpus

guttersnipe• There's no trusting a guttersnipe.• No wonder you turned into such a weasel-faced guttersnipe.Origin guttersnipe (1800-1900) → GUTTER1 + → SNIPE2

gut·ter·snipe nounChineseSyllable

home dirty behaved Corpus from poor a a child untidy badly

guttersnipe
gut‧ter‧snipe /ˈɡʌtəsnaɪp $ -ər-/

noun [countable] old-fashioned

Date: 1800-1900
Origin: ⇨ gutter¹ + ⇨ snipe²

a dirty untidy badly behaved child from a poor home

gut·ter·snipe

BrE

/ˈɡʌtəsnaɪp/

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NAmE

/ˈɡʌtərsnaɪp/

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noun

(

informal,

disapproving

)

a poor and dirty child 肮脏的穷孩子