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guttersnipe:

(the letter ‘g’ in ‘gutter’ rhymes with ‘g’ in “garden” and letter ‘u’ rhymes with ‘u’ in “but”; and the letters ‘ip’ in ‘snipe’ rhyme with ‘ip’ in “ripe”)

some guttersnipes

a poor badly-behaved child of the poorest part of a town, living in the worst conditions, and usually, dressed in dirty torn clothes;

a street Arab [not to be used in formal situations]

(A more common meaning of a ‘snipe’ is a kind of bird.)

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