as in monkey
an appealingly mischievous person
we could never resist the little urchin's pleas for candy
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London, England
June 1895
Clara Chambers, the Countess of Duxbury, entered her drawing room and considered the urchin who’d demanded to be seen at once.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
There were enormous sponges and urchins with long spines.
—Nell Zink, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
From the slums of Victorian London, the Baker Street Four of the series are Billy, who see himself as the brains of the band of urchins, Tom, an acrobat and ace pickpocket, and Charlotte, the resourceful one of the group.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2025
Alex Fogg, natural resources chief for Destin-Fort Walton Beach, said that as an artificial reef, the ship will be a habitat for sea creatures like snappers, urchins and crabs.
—Isabelle Taft, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
There were enormous sponges and urchins with long spines.
—Nell Zink, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
From the slums of Victorian London, the Baker Street Four of the series are Billy, who see himself as the brains of the band of urchins, Tom, an acrobat and ace pickpocket, and Charlotte, the resourceful one of the group.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2025
Alex Fogg, natural resources chief for Destin-Fort Walton Beach, said that as an artificial reef, the ship will be a habitat for sea creatures like snappers, urchins and crabs.
—Isabelle Taft, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urchin
Noun
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That's what scientists think after watching a bunch of male white-faced capuchin monkeys walking around with baby howler monkeys clinging to their backs.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
19 May 2025
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Abby, a brilliant young neuroscientist, spends her days working with a monkey and mourning the recent loss of her father.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Local truffles are also on sale, not pungent but neither pricey and historically called devil’s mushroom by those who considered them as food for witches.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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On her journey, Gerda makes friends with people, birds, beasts, and a kind witch, unaware that a hostile, unseen enemy – the Snow Queen and her devil apprentice, Louie – is watching her.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
7 May 2025
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“Urchin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urchin. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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