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What (who) is urchin - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Urchin (disambiguation); Urcheon; Urchins; Urcheons
Urchin
·adj Rough; pricking; piercing.
II. Urchin ·noun A sea urchin. ·see Sea urchin.
III. Urchin ·noun A Hedgehog.
IV. Urchin ·noun A pert or roguish child;
- now commonly used only of a boy.
V. Urchin ·noun A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog.
VI. Urchin ·noun One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders, arranged around a carding drum;
- so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog.
urchin
['?:t??n]
¦ noun
1. a child who is poorly or raggedly dressed.
2. dialect a hedgehog.
3. a sea urchin.
Origin
ME hirchon, urchon 'hedgehog', from Old North. Fr. herichon, based on L. hericius 'hedgehog'.
urchin
(urchins)
An urchin is a young child who is dirty and poorly dressed. (OLD-FASHIONED)
We were in the bazaar with all the little urchins watching us.
N-COUNT
see also sea urchin
Wikipedia
Urchin
Urchin or urcheon is the Middle English term for "hedgehog". It may refer to:
Examples of use of urchin
1. Although I know what a sea urchin is, sort of, "urchin" stuck in my mind.
2. The poor unsuspecting urchin was slaughtered by his creator as heartlessly as the turkey Scrooge ordered from another little urchin for Christmas.
3. Perks: Culinary delicacies including tuna, sea eel, octopus, sea urchin and dried gourd.
4. Porcupine sticks out in English almost as much as urchin, so I looked it up.
5. Pictures show a '–year–old "urchin" in leather shorts and knee socks.