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ur·chin

noun \ˈər-chən\

Definition of URCHIN

1
archaic : hedgehog 1a
2
: a mischievous and often poor and raggedly clothed youngster <street urchins>

Examples of URCHIN

  1. <we could never resist the little urchin's pleas for candy>

Origin of URCHIN

Middle English yrchoun, urchoun, from Anglo-French heriçun, hirechoun, from Old French *eriz, from Latin ericius, from eris; akin to Greek chēr hedgehog
First Known Use: 14th century

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anemone, cephalopod, quahog

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