Definitions
poor and often mischievous city child
Word origin
From Middle English yrchoun, irchoun (“hedgehog; sea urchin”), from Old Northern French irechon, from Vulgar Latin *ērīciōnem, from Latin ērīcius. Compare modern French hérisson, whence the English doublet herisson.
Used in a sentence
“We'll dress [them] like urchins, ouphes, and fairies.”
“And the urchins that stand with their thievish eyes / Forever on watch ran off each with a prize.”
“Here we have a carding-engine, with the drum surmounted with urchin or squirrel cards[…]”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Ragged youngster”6 letters
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