street Arab
Noun
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Noun
street Arab (plural street Arabs)
- (dated) A homeless child who roams the streets, usually begging for handouts; a street urchin.
- 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, VI:
- ‘It's the Baker Street division of the detective police force,’ said my companion, gravely; and as he spoke there rushed into the room half a dozen of the dirtiest and most ragged street Arabs that ever I clapped eyes on.
- 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, VI:
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