urchin

English Thesaurus

1. poor and often mischievous city child (noun.person)

hypernym	:	child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster,
definition	:	a young person of either sex (noun.person)

hyponym	:	ragamuffin, tatterdemalion,
definition	:	a dirty shabbily clothed urchin (noun.person)

hyponym	:	guttersnipe, street urchin,
definition	:	a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas (noun.person)