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Street arab   /strit ˈærəb/   Listen
Street arab

noun
1.
(sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets.  Synonyms: gamin, throwaway.





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"Street arab" Quotes from Famous Books



... energetic attraction to himself of other folks' disorders (for he fancied he imbibed for his own behoof the pains he drained ab extra), he unhappily became a paralytic, dying not long after. One of his less perilous attempts at the miraculous, I remember was this: he brought a street Arab into his drawing-room, and put a half-crown down on the carpet for him to pick up if he could, and keep for himself; however, this the boy found, to his wonderment, to be practically impossible, seeing that Mr. Howell had secretly willed that he could ...
— My Life as an Author • Martin Farquhar Tupper
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... But this is to be considered a real advancement only to the extent that that which is obtained is superior to that which was possessed before, in consequence of the specialization of callings or the greater division of labor ( 48 ff.). When a little street Arab exacts money from a stranger for pointing out the way, we rightly censure him; but no one would find it improper if he should first fit himself to play the part of a guide, and ...
— Principles Of Political Economy • William Roscher
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Words linked to "Street arab" :   throwaway, depreciation, guttersnipe, street urchin, derogation, disparagement


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