street urchin

English

A term originating in Victorian England.

street urchin (plural street urchins)

(Britain, obsolescent) A child who lives, or spends most of his or her time, in the streets; sometimes a petty thief or pickpocket.
- 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 84:
  She ran to the door and there beheld the ragged street urchin calmly playing his organ.

child living, or spending most of their time, in the streets

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: straatkind (nl) n (gender-neutral), straatjongen (nl) m (boy)
Finnish: katulapsi (fi)
French: gamin (fr) m, gamine (fr) f, enfant des rues m or f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Straßenkind (de) n (gender-neutral), Straßenjunge (de) m (boy)
Greek: χαμίνι (el) n (chamíni), αλάνι (el) n (aláni)
Hungarian: utcagyerek (hu)
Ido: stradobubo
Italian: ragazzo di strada m, monello (it) m, discolo (it) m, lazzarone (it) m, ladruncolo m, borsaiolo (it) m

Latin: cicaro m
Lingala: shege m, shégué m
Neapolitan: scugnizzo m
Portuguese: criança de rua f, menino de rua (pt) m, pivete (pt) m
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: у́личный мальчи́шка m (úličnyj malʹčíška), оборва́нец (ru) m (oborvánec), беспризо́рник (ru) m (besprizórnik)
Spanish: niño de la calle m, niño callejero m, gamín (es) m
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: גאַסןיונג‎ m (gasnyung), גראָבער-יונג‎ m (grober-yung)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.