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Recent Examples of guttersnipe
Seeing my friend so comfortable in comfort, my old guttersnipe buddy who’d once lived for years in actual squalor, felt odd.
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Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2024
Our point-of-entry into the world of competitive bloodsport is Tenax (Iwan Rheon, better than the inconsistent writing), a former guttersnipe who has risen to control a wildly successful gambling concern tied to the chariot races in the Circus Maximus.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2024
And looking back sadly, the United States will probably never have another halcyon period like that to squander with minimalist ambitions and guttersnipe politics about nothing.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 27 June 2022
The guttersnipes have outfoxed the plutocrats, for once.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 3 Oct. 2019
They are barred from using certain language during debates including git, guttersnipe, swine and stool pigeon.
—Max Colchester, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2019
There were no sound and light shows, no teenage haute guttersnipes, no thumbing his nose at the rules.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2016
From the massive success of post-grunge rockers Stone Temple Pilots to commercial guttersnipe supergroup Velvet Revolver, singer Scott Weiland's expansive talent cast a long shadow.
—Katherine Turman, Esquire, 4 Dec. 2015
Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2024
Our point-of-entry into the world of competitive bloodsport is Tenax (Iwan Rheon, better than the inconsistent writing), a former guttersnipe who has risen to control a wildly successful gambling concern tied to the chariot races in the Circus Maximus.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2024
And looking back sadly, the United States will probably never have another halcyon period like that to squander with minimalist ambitions and guttersnipe politics about nothing.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 27 June 2022
The guttersnipes have outfoxed the plutocrats, for once.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 3 Oct. 2019
They are barred from using certain language during debates including git, guttersnipe, swine and stool pigeon.
—Max Colchester, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2019
There were no sound and light shows, no teenage haute guttersnipes, no thumbing his nose at the rules.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2016
From the massive success of post-grunge rockers Stone Temple Pilots to commercial guttersnipe supergroup Velvet Revolver, singer Scott Weiland's expansive talent cast a long shadow.
—Katherine Turman, Esquire, 4 Dec. 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guttersnipe
Noun
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The lobster potentially lives on the urchin as a mimicry behavior, when one organism mimics the physical appearance of another for protection or other benefits.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
6 Aug. 2025
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According to the team, an increase in the presence of sunflower sea stars, either natural or artificial, may help kelp forests by deterring urchins, without requiring divers manually remove urchins.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Cleverbot veers from sounding like a winsome waif to coming across as a drunk, smart-alecky fifteen-year-old who talks in non sequiturs.—
Patricia Marx,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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His socialite wife, Margo (Malin Akerman), quickly takes Sophie under her wing, introducing the wide-eyed waif to her gaggle of girlfriends, including Jill (Katie Lowes), the wife of the megachurch’s reverend, and Callie (Jaime Ray Newman), the sheriff’s wife.—
Melissa Locker,
Time,
23 July 2025
Noun
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Soon enough, Curtis’s all-black border collie, Steve, and a ragamuffin of a dog, Jack, would emerge from the trees to beg for sandwich scraps.—
Carrie Dennis,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2025
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Playing out on a New Orleans street set designed more or less as a cartoon by David Rockwell, its pirates costumed by Linda Cho in ragamuffin seafaring garb that nonetheless allows for the odd pleasing splash of color, Pirates!—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Got a lot of mountains to climb, had to leave some beggars behind.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, the beauty of New Orleans proper was found in its colorful variety of humans—the loons and cons, the beggars and peddlers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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From oversized, slouchy hobos to structured East-West silhouettes and laptop-ready work totes, this season’s best suede bags deliver a luxurious polish that will elevate every fall wardrobe.—
Lauren Alexis Fisher,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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On May 3, she was seen toting around the brand's slouchy black hobo bag with gunmetal hardware before switching to one of their smaller shoulder bags for a concert later that night.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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With fewer homes available for median earners, today's housing market is widening the gap between the haves and have-nots, with younger Americans less likely to buy a home, the study says.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
21 Aug. 2025
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Based on the video game from Bethesda Game Studios, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In Commonweal a Berrigan brother wrote from jail of the hopeful solidarity among his Black cellmates; Catholic Worker newspapers, their cheap ink faded by an afternoon of sunlight, described finding Christ among tramps on the breadline and exhorted readers to join Him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Aug. 2025
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Daniels’ first foray into the horror genre shot to No. 1 on Netflix after dropping Aug. 30, which may have a little bit — or a whole lot — to do with Close, who clearly had the time of her life playing a tramp named Alberta.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
2 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Most of them were migrant workers, young drifters, and then some co-renters.—
Jack Hargreaves,
The Dial,
9 Sep. 2025
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The film follows a young drifter and a taciturn trucker who link up and forge a precarious bond on Mexico’s dangerous highways.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Guttersnipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guttersnipe. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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