urchin
noun
[ ˈəːtʃɪn ]
• a young child who is poorly or raggedly dressed.
• "he was surrounded by a dozen street urchins in rags"
Similar:
mischievous child,
imp,
monkey,
Puck,
rascal,
rogue,
minx,
mischief-maker,
prankster,
ragamuffin,
guttersnipe,
waif,
stray,
tearaway,
scamp,
scallywag,
brat,
whippersnapper,
horror,
varmint,
scarecrow,
perisher,
pickle,
tinker,
hellion,
jackanapes,
rip,
gamin,
gamine,
mudlark,
scapegrace,
street Arab,
wastrel,
tatterdemalion,
• short for sea urchin.
• a hedgehog.
Origin:
Middle English hirchon, urchon ‘hedgehog’, from Old Northern French herichon, based on Latin hericius ‘hedgehog’.
