(derogatory, dated) A person of the lowest social or economic class.
1980, Bernard MacLaverty,'' 'Lamb' ''(novel), (Chapter 6, at page 51 in the 1981 King Penguin paperback edition):
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(derogatory, archaic) A street urchin.
: "Do not worry, Mrs Kane, we will return you a different boy. The guttersnipe you bring us will not be the boy you get back."
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(US, slang, obsolete, derogatory) A broker who sold securities in the street.
1980, Bernard MacLaverty,'' 'Lamb' ''(novel), (Chapter 6, at page 51 in the 1981 King Penguin paperback edition):
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