English

Alternative forms

• street-arab

Noun

street Arab ‎(plural street Arabs)

1. (dated, now offensive) A homeless child who roams the streets, usually begging for handouts; a street urchin.
   • 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, VI:

     ‘It's the Baker Street division of the detective police force,’ said my companion, gravely; and as he spoke there rushed into the room half a dozen of the dirtiest and most ragged street Arabs that ever I clapped eyes on.

References

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Anagrams

• Arab street