urchin

Definitions


[ˈəːtʃɪn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a young child who is poorly or raggedly dressed
(e.g: he was surrounded by a dozen street urchins in rags)


- a hedgehog


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English hirchon, urchon ‘hedgehog’, from Old Northern French herichon, based on Latin hericius ‘hedgehog’




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