as in monkey
an appealingly mischievous person
we could never resist the little urchin's pleas for candy
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Recent Examples of urchin
But another factor was the explosion of urchin populations.
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Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 1 Apr. 2025
The California state government has partnered with nonprofits and commercial fishermen to clear urchins and restore kelp.
—Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 1 Apr. 2025
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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.
—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
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Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 1 Apr. 2025
The California state government has partnered with nonprofits and commercial fishermen to clear urchins and restore kelp.
—Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 1 Apr. 2025
Read on for an exclusive excerpt from the prologue of The Secret Book Society.
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urchin
Noun
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Other surprises found inside this space that exists outside our reality are monkeys trained to post hate on Superman online like real-life trolls, and one creepy guy nicknamed Mister Handsome.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
17 July 2025
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Infant subjects—aside from those excluded for fussiness, crying, or non-completion—showed no preference for a stuffed cheetah, elephant, lion, or monkey toy purportedly proffered by a human woman over one purportedly proffered by a robot.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
Noun
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In his mug shot, Anton bears little resemblance to the handsome devil from the earlier composite image.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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To play devil’s advocate to myself, though, this time around the contestants have air conditioning, which might have been a deal-breaker in order to get any contestants from The Golden Bachelor/ette there.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
8 July 2025
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“Urchin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urchin. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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