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
Piss off the street urchins by giving them your phone!
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Air Mail, 7 June 2025
In due course, he was cast as an urchin in a movie about Charles Dickens, and soon a black Bentley was ferrying him to the set.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
At one point a homeless urchin, played by Kagani Paul Moonlight X Byler Jackson, wanders in, asking in to cut through the property, as well as for money.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Liverpool was, in short, a city that generated strong opinions and the advert was effectively sending a powerful message: even Scouse urchins drink milk.
—Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Air Mail, 7 June 2025
In due course, he was cast as an urchin in a movie about Charles Dickens, and soon a black Bentley was ferrying him to the set.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
At one point a homeless urchin, played by Kagani Paul Moonlight X Byler Jackson, wanders in, asking in to cut through the property, as well as for money.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
Liverpool was, in short, a city that generated strong opinions and the advert was effectively sending a powerful message: even Scouse urchins drink milk.
—Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urchin
Noun
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Because monkeys bang on typewriters and kingdoms fall.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Plus, two flying monkeys follow her into the sky.—
Claire Harmeyer,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But this is no case study in the evils of devil-worshipping musicians.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Whether or not Alice lived happily ever after, Gertrude seems to have done so, at least once her devils were banished by inscrutability.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Urchin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urchin. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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