Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A street urchin.
- noun A person of the lowest class.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The common American or Wilson's snipe, Gallinago wilsoni or delicata.
- noun A gatherer of rags and waste paper from gutters.
- noun A street child of the lowest class; a street Arab; a gamin.
- noun An oblong form of printed placard made to be posted on the curbstones of gutters.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun United States, United States A small poster, suitable for a curbstone.
- noun United States A curbstone broker.
- noun same as street Arab.
- noun a person of low moral character.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who is from the lowest
social oreconomic class . - noun A
street urchin .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas
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Examples
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Sinn Fein deputy rebuked Dermot for using the word "guttersnipe" in the chamber.
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For his part, Truman regarded the columnist as a "guttersnipe," and with good reason.
Hoffmania! 2008
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For his part, Truman regarded the columnist as a "guttersnipe," and with good reason.
PROSECUTE THEM NOW! • Impeach Groups - • • • Saving Our World One American at a Time • • • 2008
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For his part, Truman regarded the columnist as a "guttersnipe," and with good reason.
Nevada Thunder 2008
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And so, with this in mind, and in the spirit of wild experimentation, this week, in place of the usual guttersnipe sneering, I bring you art.
Charlie Brooker's Screen burn: TV listings in haiku Charlie Brooker 2010
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She's a guttersnipe who already set the tone of the campaign.
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I honestly cannot see, how Hillary can ever win this Democratic Nomination without some guttersnipe hits on Barack!
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GWB was so classy..and the Chicago guttersnipe so out of touch with reality!
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Or is she just being kind to a little guttersnipe?
Firestorm! Joan Hiatt Harlow 2010
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Why am I even talking to this guttersnipe, anyway?
Firestorm! Joan Hiatt Harlow 2010
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