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street arab

or street Ar·ab

[ street ar-uhb ]

noun

Archaic: Often Offensive.
  1. a person, especially a child, who lives on the streets; urchin.


street Arab

noun

  1. literary.
    a homeless child, esp one who survives by begging and stealing; urchin
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Sensitive Note

See Arab.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of street arab1

First recorded in 1860–65
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A street arab wins his way into the Royal Navy, and while in the Service has a series of interesting and exciting adventures.

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No one can well imagine the difference wrought in the appearance of the street arab, or the Irish peasant boy, by a short residence on board one of these ships.

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The first lad was at this moment the victor, and he plunged down the side street with a fleetness known only to the street arab.

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The beggar reciting the Bible to fill his pocket is very well; but he does not come up to the preaching street arab.

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She gave him half a sovereign, and he wished he had been a street arab to whom she could have said, "And keep the change."

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