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** English
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Pronunciation
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- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A person of the lowest social or economic class .
2. * 1980 , [Bernard MacLaverty] , _'Lamb' _ (novel), (Chapter 6, at page 51 in the 1981 King Penguin paperback edition):
3. *: "Do not worry, Mrs Kane, we will return you a different boy. The GUTTERSNIPE you bring us will not be the boy you get back."
4. [en] A street urchin . [from 1869]
5. * [page=123]
6. [en] A broker who sold securities in the street. [from 1857]
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|guttersnipish }}
*** References
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